{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-47.30.520","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 47.30.520","heading":"Legislative purpose.","body":"It is the purpose of the Community Mental Health Services Act to\n(1) provide a range of community-based inpatient, outpatient, and support services for persons with mental disorders;\n(2) assist communities in planning, organizing, and financing community mental health services through locally developed, administered, and controlled community mental health programs;\n(3) better develop and use resources at both state and local levels;\n(4) develop and implement plans for comprehensive mental health services based on demonstrated need on a regional basis;\n(5) improve the effectiveness of existing mental health services;\n(6) integrate state-operated and community mental health programs into a unified mental health system;\n(7) ensure that consumers, families, and representatives of communities within mental health planning regions can participate in planning for, determining the need for, and allocating mental health resources;\n(8) provide a means of allocating money available for state mental health services according to community needs;\n(9) encourage the full use of all existing public or private agencies, facilities, personnel, and funds to accomplish these objectives; and\n(10) prevent unnecessary duplication and fragmentation of services and expenditures.","path":["Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions.","Chapter 30. Mental Health.","Article 4. Community Mental Health Services Act."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#47.30.520","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:52Z","sha256":"764530a8d19eaa88e8b25f4c64cb946790d4c7bed5eb43d2ac78975ee25fb142","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-47.30.500","next":"us-ak/as-47.30.523"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}