The purpose of this chapter is to expand community mental health and developmental disability services; to encourage participation in such a program by persons in local communities; to obtain better understanding of the need for community mental health and developmental services; to authorize funding for the program by State aid, local financial support, and direct payment by people who receive services who have the ability to pay; and to provide services to persons with a mental condition or psychiatric disability, persons with a developmental disability, and children or adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1979, No. 108 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1987, No. 264 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 47; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 115.)