Title 39 — HEALTH AND SAFETY

39-3121. DECLARATION OF POLICY. It is the policy of this state to provide treatment services for its citizens living with mental illness and/or substance use disorder, acknowledging that these illnesses cause intense human suffering and severe social and economic loss to the stat…

39-3122. DEFINITIONS. (1) "Adult" means an individual eighteen (18) years of age or older. (2) "Applicant" means an adult who is seeking mental health services through the department who has completed, or has had completed on the adult’s behalf, an application for mental health s…

39-3123. Designation of state mental health authority and state substance use disorder authority. The Idaho department of health and welfare is hereby designated the state mental health authority and the state substance use disorder authority, hereinafter referred to as the state…

39-3124. Idaho behavioral health cooperative. The behavioral health authority shall establish the Idaho behavioral health cooperative to advise it on issues related to the coordinated delivery of community-based behavioral health services. The membership shall include representat…

39-3125. State behavioral health planning council. (1) A state behavioral health planning council, hereinafter referred to as the planning council, shall be established to serve as an advocate for children and adults with behavioral health disorders; to advise the state behaviora…

39-3126. Designation of regional behavioral health centers. Recognizing both the need of every citizen to receive the best behavioral health services that the state is able to provide within budgetary confines and the disproportionate ability of counties to finance behavioral hea…

39-3127. COORDINATION OF SERVICES BETWEEN REGIONS AND STATE. The director of the department of health and welfare shall coordinate services between the regional behavioral health centers, regional behavioral health boards and the state psychiatric hospitals.

39-3128. FACILITIES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS. The state behavioral health authority may contract for the lease of facilities appropriate for the establishment of behavioral health centers. In order to encourage the development of comprehensive and integrated health care and …

39-3129. DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR FOR REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS — DUTIES. The director of the department of health and welfare shall appoint a division administrator to manage the regional behavioral health centers and shall supervise its program; shall prescribe uniform s…

39-3130. Reciprocal agreements between states to share services. In such regions where natural population groupings overlap state boundaries, an interstate regional behavioral health service may be established jointly with a neighboring state or states. In such instances, the sta…

39-3131. behavioral health Services to be offered. The regional behavioral health center shall provide or arrange for the delivery of services that, combined with community family support and recovery support services provided through the regional behavioral health boards, medica…

39-3131A. eligibility screening. (1) Individuals may access adult mental health services administered by the department through an eligibility screening. The eligibility screening must be directly related to the participant’s mental illness and level of functioning and based on t…

39-3132. REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BOARDS — ESTABLISHMENT. There is hereby created and established in each region a regional behavioral health board. It is legislative intent that the regional behavioral health boards operate and be recognized not as a state agency or department…

39-3133. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BOARDS. Each regional behavioral health board shall annually elect from within its membership an executive committee of five (5) members empowered to make fiscal, legal and business decisions on behalf of the full boa…

39-3134. Regional behavioral health board — Members — terms — appointment. A regional behavioral health board for each region shall consist of twenty-three (23) members and shall be appointed as provided herein. All meetings of the regional behavioral health board shall be held i…

39-3135. Powers and duties. The regional behavioral health board: (1) Shall advise the state behavioral health authority and the state planning council on local behavioral health needs of adults and children within the region; (2) Shall advise the state behavioral health authorit…

39-3136. Funds. The financial support for the regional behavioral health centers shall be furnished by state appropriations and by whatever federal funds are available in an identifiable section within the behavioral health program budgets. Behavioral health services that are fin…

39-3138. Existing state-county contracts for services. No section of this chapter shall invalidate, or prohibit the continuance of, existing state-county contracts for the delivery of behavioral health services within the participating counties.

39-3139. Title of chapter. This chapter may be cited as the "Regional Behavioral Health Services Act."

39-3140. behavioral health service costs. (1) As used in this section, "behavioral health services" means both voluntary and court-ordered services for the following programs: (a) Regional behavioral health services pursuant to chapter 31, title 39, Idaho Code; (b) Children’s men…

39-3141. waiver of background check denial. A certified individual who is seeking to provide peer support specialist, family support partner, or recovery coach services and receives an unconditional denial or a denial after an exemption review by the department may apply for a be…