Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003)
Chapter 20 - MENTAL HEALTH ACCESSIBILITY (§§ 41-20-1 — 41-20-53)
Section 41-20-1 - Definitions

As used in Sections 41-20-1 through 41-20-11 the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

• (a) "Community mental health center" means a facility authorized under Section 41-19-33.

• (b) "Mental health services" includes all services offered by the mental health system in Mississippi, including, but not limited to, the following:
  • (i) Community mental health services, including:
    • 1. Programs of assertive community treatment;
    • 2. Mobile crisis response services;
    • 3. Crisis stabilization units;
    • 4. Community support services;
    • 5. Peer support services;
    • 6. Supported employment; and
    • 7. Permanent supported housing; and
  • (ii) Institutional mental health services, which are services that encompass civil commitment or hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital;
  • (iii) Mental health services provided in facilities authorized in Title 47, Mississippi Code of 1972;
  • (iv) Core adult mental health services;
  • (v) Child mental health services;
  • (vi) Intellectual/developmental disability services;
  • (vii) Substance abuse prevention and treatment/rehabilitation services; and
  • (viii) Any combination of the services defined in this paragraph (b).

• (c) "Mental health system" means the facilities, institutions, centers, entities, persons and providers that provide mental health services in Mississippi.

• (d) "Regional commission" means a commission established in Section 41-19-33.

Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 479, SB 2610,§ 2, eff. 7/8/2020.