2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 40.1 - Mental health, retardation, and hospitals
CHAPTER 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health
§ 40.1-5.4-6 - Declaration of policy.
SECTION 40.1-5.4-6
§ 40.1-5.4-6 Declaration of policy. – It is the policy of this state to provide persons with serious mental illness adequate and humane care, which, to the extent possible, while meeting the purposes of rehabilitation and treatment, is:
(1) Within each person's own community recognizing that some services are appropriately provided in facilities, which provide services to the entire state;
(2) Least restrictive of the person's freedom of movement and ability to function normally in society while being appropriate to the person's individual capacity and needs;
(3) Directed toward eliminating the need for services and promoting the person's independence.
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