Missouri · statute · Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 631 · 28 active provisions
In addition to the definitions in section 632.005 which are applicable to this chapter, the following terms as used in this chapter mean: (1) "Alcohol or drug abuse facility", a place providing treatment and rehabilitation to persons engaged in alcohol or drug abuse, or both, which is recognized as such a place by the…
1. The "Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse" is hereby created and shall be a division of the department of mental health. The division shall have the responsibility of insuring that alcohol and drug abuse prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation services are accessible, wherever possible. The division shall…
The division director, subject to the supervision of the director, shall be the chief administrative officer of the division and shall exercise for the division the powers and duties of an appointing authority under chapter 36, to employ such administrative, technical and other personnel, except employees of department…
1. The Missouri advisory council on alcohol and drug abuse*, created by sections 1 to 8 of house bill no. 1087 of the seventy-sixth general assembly, second** regular session, shall act as an advisory body to the division and the division director. The council shall be comprised of up to twenty-five members, the number…
The division may provide the prevention, evaluation, care, treatment, rehabilitation and such related services directly or through contracts with appropriate residential facilities, day programs or specialized services funded by the department.
1. The department shall prepare a state plan to secure coordinated alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services accessible to persons in need of them in defined geographic areas, which plan shall be reviewed and revised annually. 2. The state plan shall include, but not be limited to, the fo…
The director shall divide the state into regions. The boundaries of such regions, to the extent practicable, shall be contiguous with relevant boundaries of political subdivisions and health service areas.
1. The director may establish regional councils in any of the regions. If a regional council is established in a region, the division director shall appoint up to twenty members who reside in the region to serve staggered three-year terms on the councils. 2. At least one-half of the members shall be consumers and no mo…
1. Any regional advisory councils established under section 631.040 shall participate in the preparation of regional plans and annually review, advise on and recommend them before they are transmitted to the state advisory council and the division director. The plans shall include at least the following: (1) An invento…
Any residential facility, day program or specialized service operated or funded by the department shall incorporate the following standards into its policies for accepting persons affected by alcohol or drug abuse for treatment or rehabilitation: (1) A person shall, if possible, be treated on a voluntary rather than on…
The department of social services may seek a waiver of the Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) exclusion for the comprehensive substance treatment and rehabilitation program as administered by the department of mental health.
The department shall designate mental health facilities or community-based facilities to serve as alcohol or drug abuse facilities certified by the department to serve various service areas in the state. The department shall divide the state into service areas to be served by facilities operated or funded by the depart…
The department of mental health shall develop criteria for locating new methadone treatment programs in the state of Missouri.
If an adult person for himself, a parent for a minor, or a guardian for a ward applies to the head of a public or private alcohol or drug abuse facility to receive treatment and rehabilitation, and if the head of the facility believes that the person engages in alcohol or drug abuse, or both, and would benefit from the…
1. The head of an alcohol or drug abuse facility may discharge any voluntary client whose continued involvement in the program is determined to be either no longer beneficial to the client or an ineffective use of the facility. 2. The head of an alcohol or drug abuse facility shall release any client who requests his r…
1. Any adult person may file an application in the probate division of the circuit court for detention, treatment, and rehabilitation in an alcohol or drug abuse facility of a person presenting a likelihood of serious harm to himself or others as a result of alcohol or drug abuse, or both. 2. The procedures of section…
1. A mental health professional, peace officer, registered nurse, licensed physician, or qualified counselor may complete an application for detention, treatment, or rehabilitation for up to ninety-six hours under the procedures of section 632.305 for a person presenting an imminent likelihood of serious harm to himsel…
The provisions of section 632.310, shall also apply to admission or rejection for detention, treatment, and rehabilitation of a respondent at an alcohol or drug abuse facility.
Within three hours after the arrival of the respondent at an alcohol or drug abuse facility, the respondent shall be given a copy of the application for detention; a notice of rights as set out in section 631.135*; and a notice giving the name, business address, and telephone number of an attorney appointed to represen…
If a respondent is accepted for treatment and rehabilitation pursuant to this chapter, he or she shall be advised, orally and in writing, of the information contained in subdivisions (1) to (11) of this section. The respondent's guardian, if any, and, with the respondent's consent, a responsible member of the responden…
1. At the expiration of the ninety-six-hour period, the respondent may be detained and treated involuntarily for an additional two judicial days only if the head of the alcohol or drug abuse facility has filed a petition for additional detention not to exceed thirty days. 2. Within ninety-six hours following initial de…
1. The petition for thirty-day involuntary detention, treatment, and rehabilitation shall be filed with the probate division of the circuit court. At the time of filing the petition, the court clerk shall set a date and time for the hearing which shall take place within two judicial days of the filing of the petition.…
1. Before the expiration of the thirty-day period of detention, treatment, and rehabilitation ordered pursuant to section 631.145, the court may order the respondent to be detained for treatment and rehabilitation for an additional period not to exceed ninety days; provided that: (1) The respondent, as the result of al…
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, whenever a court orders a person detained for involuntary treatment or rehabilitation in an alcohol or drug abuse facility operated by the department, or such a facility affiliated and under contract with the department to serve the service area involved,…
Whenever any respondent detained involuntarily under this chapter in an alcohol or drug abuse facility is found during the detention period to be in need of medical care and treatment provided in a hospital, which in the opinion of a licensed physician must be attended to immediately, the respondent may be transferred…