Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-3-302: Definitions

As used in the Unified Community Mental Health Services Act:

1. "Certified behavioral health case manager" means any person

who is certified by the Department of Mental Health and Substance

Abuse Services to offer behavioral health case management services

within the confines of a mental health facility, or services for

alcohol and drug dependents, that is operated by the Department or

contracts with the state to provide behavioral services;

2. "Case management" means the application of case management

principles and practices of linking, advocacy and referral in

partnership with the consumer to support the consumer in self-

sufficiency and community tenure for consumers of mental health or

substance abuse services;

3. "Catchment area or service area" means a geographic area

established by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Services;

4. "Community mental health center" means a facility offering:

a. a comprehensive array of community-based mental health

services, including, but not limited to, outpatient

treatment, emergency evaluation and care,

consultation, education, rehabilitation services, and

aftercare, and

b. certain services at the option of the center,

including, but not limited to, inpatient treatment,

training programs, and research and evaluation

programs;

5. "Community mental health services", in conformance with

federal requirements, means services for the treatment of mental

illness and co-occurring substance abuse disorders, and the

prevention, diagnosis, or rehabilitation of such persons;

6. "Mental health facility" means:

a. a community mental health center,

b. an outpatient facility offering diagnostic and

treatment services,

c. a day care facility offering a treatment program for

children or adults suffering from mental or emotional

problems, or

d. community residential mental health programs and

facilities which provide supervised residential care,

counseling, case management or other similar services

to children or adults suffering from mental or

emotional problems; and

7. "Program of assertive community treatment" means a facility,

agency or organization that offers or provides a self-contained

clinical team, under the medical supervision of a licensed

psychiatrist, to provide needed treatment, rehabilitation, and

support services to individuals with serious mental illness who have

severe symptoms and impairments not effectively remedied by

available treatments or to individuals who resist or avoid

involvement in other needed mental health services.