{"data":{"id":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-8901","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"18 V.S.A. § 8901","heading":"Purpose","body":"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.","path":["Title 18: Health","Chapter 207: Community Mental Health and Developmental Services"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/207/08901","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:03Z","sha256":"c9bc465e8675ba1b1b4bc22056c47cfc64d5e762b2b535490ddb27f66612223d","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-8851-8854","next":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-8902-8906"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}