Effective - 28 Aug 2011
630.605. Placement programs to be maintained. — The department shall establish a placement program for persons affected by a mental disorder, mental illness, intellectual disability, developmental disability or alcohol or drug abuse. The department may utilize residential facilities, day programs and specialized services which are designed to maintain a person who is accepted in the placement program in the least restrictive environment in accordance with the person's individualized treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation plan. The department shall license, certify and fund, subject to appropriations, a continuum of facilities, programs and services short of admission to a department facility to accomplish this purpose.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648)