36-550. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Community residential treatment system" means a statewide system of community
based residential treatment programs for the seriously mentally ill which provides a wide
range of services as alternatives to institutionalization and in the least restrictive
setting.
2. "Deputy director" means the deputy director of the division of behavioral health
in the department of health services.
3. "Division" means the division of behavioral health in the department of health
services.
4. "Seriously mentally ill" means persons, who as a result of a mental disorder as
defined in section 36-501 exhibit emotional or behavioral functioning which is so
impaired as to interfere substantially with their capacity to remain in the community
without supportive treatment or services of a long-term or indefinite duration. In these
persons mental disability is severe and persistent, resulting in a long-term limitation
of their functional capacities for primary activities of daily living such as
interpersonal relationships, homemaking, self-care, employment and recreation.
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