Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 9 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH › Division 10 - Director, Department of Mental Health › Chapter 1 - Organization and Description › Section 9 CSR 10-1.010 - General Organization

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule describes the organiza-tion of
				  the department and where the publicmay obtain information about the
				  departmentas required by section 536.023, RSMo.
(1) The Department of Mental Health (DMH) was
				established by the Omnibus Reorganization Act of 1974. Under Chapter 630, RSMo
				the department shall administer, maintain, and develop facilities and services
				for persons affected by mental disorders, developmental disabilities, and
				alcohol or drug abuse. The department further seeks to reduce the incidence and
				prevalence of disabling conditions; to systematically plan on a regional and
				statewide basis for the provision of services; to certify or license, or both,
				certain residential facilities, day programs, and specialized services; to
				conduct research and program evaluation to improve services; and to develop
				staff and analyze mental health manpower needs.
(2) As set out in section
				630.015,
				RSMo, the State Mental Health Commission appoints the department director with
				the advice and consent of the senate. The director serves at the pleasure of
				the commission. As set out in section
				630.025,
				RSMo, the commission sets the salary of the department director. The other
				statutory duties of the commission are mainly advisory as set out in section
				630.015,
				RSMo. Membership and meeting requirements of the commission are set out in
				section
				630.010,
				RSMo.
(3) The department director
				heads the department as its chief executive officer as set out in section
				630.025,
				RSMo to perform the duties and exercise the powers as may be imposed or
				conferred upon him/her by law.
(4)
				The department service delivery system is divided into the following two (2)
				divisions as described in other rules of this title: the Division of Behavioral
				Health and the Division of Developmental Disabilities.
(A) The Division of
				Behavioral Health provides comprehensive mental health and substance use
				disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery services. The division oversees
				state-operated facilities for people with serious mental illnesses and children
				with severe emotional disturbances. Community-based treatment is provided
				through contracted, certified agencies that serve children, youth, and adults.
				Recovery services support individuals in recovery from serious mental illness
				or substance use disorders. Prevention services are provided through a network
				of contracted, certified agencies that offer education and early intervention
				activities for children, youth, and families. Prevention Resource Centers are
				the primary source of technical assistance for local communities.
(B) 
				The Division of Developmental Disabilities serves a population that has such
				developmental disabilities as cerebral palsy, head injury, autism, epilepsy,
				and certain learning disabilities. Such conditions must have been manifested
				before age twenty-two (22) with the expectation that they will continue. To be
				eligible for services from the division, persons with these disabilities must
				have substantial functional limitations in two (2) or more of the following
				areas of major life activities: self-care, receptive and expressive language
				development and use, learning, selfdirection, capacity for independent living
				or economic self-sufficiency, and mobility. This division's primary mission is
				to assist persons with developmental disabilities through programs and services
				to enable those persons to live independently and
				productively.