{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-205.975","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 205.975","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in sections 205.975 to 205.990, the following words and terms mean:\n(1) \"Board of trustees\" , board appointed by a governing body or jointly by governing bodies within a service area for the purposes of administering a county community mental health fund to establish and operate a community mental health center, mental health clinics, or any comprehensive mental health services; to supplement existing funds for a center, clinics, or services, or to purchase services from a center, clinics, or public facilities and not-for-profit corporations providing any comprehensive mental health services;\n(2) \"Community mental health center\" , a legal entity through which comprehensive mental health services are provided to individuals residing in a certain service area;\n(3) \"Comprehensive mental health services\" , inpatient services, outpatient services, day care and other partial hospitalization services, emergency services, diagnostic and treatment services, liaison and follow-up services, consultation and education services, rehabilitation services, prevention services, screening services, follow-up care services, transitional living services, alcoholism and alcohol abuse prevention and treatment services, and drug addiction and drug abuse prevention and treatment services;\n(4) \"Department\" , department of mental health;\n(5) \"Governing body\" , county commission, county legislature, or other chief legislative body of a county or city not within a county;\n(6) \"Mental health clinic\" , a health entity offering community services delivered from a fixed place or from various places within a service area on an outpatient and consultative basis for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of emotional or mental disorders, alcoholism, or drug abuse;\n(7) \"Participating counties\" , counties which choose to appropriate funds from their general tax revenues or levy and collect special taxes to support, with other counties, a community mental health center, mental health clinics, or any comprehensive mental health services;\n(8) \"Service area\" , a defined geographic area as set forth in the state plan for comprehensive mental health services prepared by the department.","path":["Title XII - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=205.975","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"fbfa65ae36db1680cd7f18897fc4b33e2e466a8a61d369ce238611cbad02baa2","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-205.973","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-205.976"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}