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Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 413
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413       Adult Mental Health Centres and Telephone Referral Service                                                                                           To support and publicise:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) adult mental health centres and satellite clinics providing the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) counselling and other mental health services;
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) advice and referral to specialist mental health services;
                                                                                                                                                               (iii) information and support to family, friends and carers of persons with mental health conditions;
                                                                                                                                                               (iv) outreach services for persons who cannot attend a mental health centre or other primary mental health care service or who have recently been hospitalised or are at risk of hospitalisation;
                                                                                                                                                               (v) digital mental health services; and
                                                                                                                                                               (b) an intake and assessment telephone service providing advice, triage and referral to mental health services.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution); or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) which provide, or are incidental to the provision of, medical services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) to give effect to Australia's obligations under either or both of the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Articles 1, 4 and 25;
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12; or
                                                                                                                                                               (d) undertaken in, or in relation to, a Territory.