§ 40.1-8.5-2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Audit� means an annual financial accounting of a center's financial situation, conducted
by a certified public accountant, within one hundred twenty (120) days from the end
of the center's fiscal year, and that includes, for the year reviewed and the immediate
preceding year, full financial disclosure of the center's assets, liabilities, fund
balances, revenues, and expenditures by program, and a verification of matchable funds
for the year reviewed.
(2) "Board� means the community mental health board created pursuant to this chapter as
the governing body of the community mental health center.
(3) "Center� means the community mental health center which is a local, nonprofit entity
organized and incorporated pursuant to the laws of the state, governed by a board,
and recognized by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities
and hospitals as the community mental health center for a designated mental health
service area.
(4) "Department� means the state department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities
and hospitals.
(5) "Director� means the director of the state department of behavioral healthcare, developmental
disabilities and hospitals.
(6) "Fiscal year� means the fiscal year used by the state.
(7) "Matching grant funds� means state funds in an amount up to and not more than four
dollars ($4.00) for each dollar of matchable funds, certified and budgeted in accordance
with this chapter. Matching grant funds excludes, but may be in addition to, other
funds provided by the state for mental health services.
(8) "Mental disability� means any mental disorder in which the capacity of the person
to exercise self-control or judgment in the conduct of his or her affairs and social
relations or to care for his or her personal needs is impaired.
(9) "Mental health services� means those services provided to mentally disabled children
and adults and shall include, but not be limited to, psychiatric, medical, nursing,
psychological, social, rehabilitative, and support services provided in the prevention,
diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of mental disabilities, and in addition, may include
those services designed to prevent mental disabilities or be of a consultative, informational,
or educational nature about mental disabilities.
(10) "Mental health service area� herein also referred to as "service area,� means the
geographical area within the boundaries of cities and towns, as designated by the
director.
(11) "Participating municipalities� means those cities and towns that provide funds to
a particular community mental health center for mental health services and receive
matching grant-fund-supported services from that community mental health center.