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22-50-9
Section 22-50-9 Department - Powers generally. The Department of Mental Health through its
commissioner is hereby authorized to act in any prudent way to provide mental health services
and mental retardation services for the people of Alabama. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §9;
Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)...
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22-50-11
Section 22-50-11 Department - Additional and cumulative powers. The Department of Mental Health
is given hereby the following additional and cumulative powers through its commissioner: (1)
It is authorized and directed to set up state plans for the purpose of controlling and treating
any and all forms of mental and emotional illness and any and all forms of mental retardation
and shall divide the state into regions, districts, areas or zones, which need not be geographic
areas, but shall be areas for the purpose of establishing priorities and programs and for
organizational and administrative purposes in accordance with these state plans. (2) It is
designated and authorized to supervise, coordinate, and establish standards for all operations
and activities of the state related to mental health and the providing of mental health services;
and it is authorized to receive and administer any funds available from any source for the
purpose of acquiring building sites for, constructing,...
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20-2-190
Section 20-2-190 Penalties; sale of ephedrine, etc.; Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force. (a) Any
person who manufactures, sells, transfers, receives, or possesses a listed precursor chemical
violates this article if the person: (1) Knowingly fails to comply with the reporting requirements
of this article; (2) Knowingly makes a false statement in a report or record required by this
article or the rules adopted thereunder; (3) Is required by this article to have a listed
precursor chemical license or permit, and is a person as defined by this article, and knowingly
or deliberately fails to obtain such a license or permit. An offense under this subsection
shall constitute a Class C felony. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 20-2-188,
a person who possesses, sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes or attempts to solicit another
or conspires to possess, sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish a listed precursor chemical
or a product containing a precursor chemical or ephedrine or...
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22-50-2.1
Section 22-50-2.1 Department - Name changed; transition period. (a) All rights, duties, property,
real or personal, and all other effects existing in names of the Department of Mental Health
and Mental Retardation, or in any other name by which the department has been known, shall
continue in the name of the Department of Mental Health. Any existing or future reference
to the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, or any other name by which the
department has been known, in any existing law, contract, or other instrument shall constitute
a reference to the Department of Mental Health. (b) The Advisory Board of Trustees for the
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation shall continue in existence as the Advisory
Board of Trustees of the Department of Mental Health. (c) A reasonable transition period for
the name change shall be allowed to permit an orderly and cost-effective transition relating
particularly to the use of equipment and supplies. All letterhead,...
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38-9A-6
Section 38-9A-6 Plans and budgets. (a) The local, regional, and state plans for individual
and family supports developed by each community and regional council and the State Support
Council shall be developed in conjunction with the regional planning process of the Division
of Mental Retardation of the Department of Mental Health. These plans and accompanying proposed
budgets shall be considered by the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health as a line
item in the department's budget request that is annually submitted to the Governor's office.
(b) The minimum level of funding in any year in the line item shall be six hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($650,000) as a continuation of current funding from the Department of Mental Health,
except that this amount may be reduced in a fiscal year in an amount equal to or less than
any reduction applied to all other community-based programs and services of the Division of
Mental Retardation in that same fiscal year. Provided, however, this...
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16-1-16.1
Section 16-1-16.1 Alabama Council on Family and Children. (a) The Legislature finds that there
is at present a need in Alabama to coordinate, at the state and local level, the efforts of
existing providers of services supporting early childhood development and family involvement
in education. (b) There is hereby established the Alabama Council on Family and Children to
be composed of the Governor, who shall be chairperson; the State Superintendent of Education;
the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources; the State Health Officer; the Commissioner
of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; the Chairman of the Children's
Trust Fund; and the Director of the Department of Youth Services, or their designated representatives,
and one additional member from each congressional district to be appointed by the Governor.
Said council shall exist for the purpose of coordinating existing services, at the state and
local level, supporting early childhood development and...
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22-50-3
Section 22-50-3 Department - Disposition of fees, receipts and income. All fees, receipts,
and income of the Department of Mental Health shall be paid over to a departmental treasurer,
to be selected by the commissioner, or to a bank in lieu of the treasurer, as the commissioner
may direct, and may be expended as authorized by the commissioner for support, maintenance,
and operation of the state hospitals, Partlow State School and Hospital, and other institutions,
services and programs subject to the jurisdiction and control of the department. (Acts 1965,
No. 881, p. 1649, §20; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)...
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22-52-1.1
Section 22-52-1.1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) MENTAL
ILLNESS. A psychiatric disorder of thought and/or mood which significantly impairs judgment,
behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life.
Mental illness, as used herein, specifically excludes the primary diagnosis of epilepsy, mental
retardation, substance abuse, including alcoholism, or a developmental disability. (2) STATE
MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility operated by the Alabama State Department
of Mental Health. (3) DESIGNATED MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility other than
a state mental health facility designated by the State Department of Mental Health to receive
persons for evaluation, examination, admission, detention or treatment pursuant to the provisions
of this article. (4) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the...
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26-16-4
Section 26-16-4 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board - Composition; terms; officers and
committees; compensation. (a) The state board shall be composed of the following 14 members:
(1) The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources, the State Mental Health Officer,
the State Health Officer, the State Superintendent of Education, and the Secretary of the
Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency or designees authorized to speak on their behalf. (2)
Nine public members appointed by the Governor, one from each of the seven congressional districts
into which the state is divided for the purpose of electing representatives in the United
States Congress, and two from the state at large. As a group, the public members shall demonstrate
knowledge in the area of child abuse and neglect prevention; shall be representative of the
demographic composition of this state; and, to the extent practicable, shall be representative
of all of the following categories: Organized labor, the...
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44-1-51
Section 44-1-51 Composition; compensation; records. (a) The Governor shall be the ex officio
Chair of the Youth Services Board. (b) The board shall be composed of 18 voting members, five
of whom shall be the Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources, the State Superintendent
of Education, the Commissioner of Mental Health, the State Health Officer, and the Director
of the Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency, each of whom may delegate his or her vote
to an agent or employee by written notification 10 days prior to a meeting of the board. (c)
The chair, vice chair, and secretary of the board shall be elected by the members thereof.
The chair shall vote only in the case of a tie. (d) The Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives
shall appoint two members to be selected from the membership of the House and the Presiding
Officer of the Alabama Senate shall appoint two members to be selected from the membership
of the Senate. The President of the Alabama Council of...
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