Title XII — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

205.970. Board of directors, appointment, qualifications, terms, officers, powers and duties — vacancies and removal from office, procedure. — 1. When approved by the voters pursuant to section 205.971, the governing body of the county or city not within a county shall appoint a …

205.971. Tax levy, approval, use. — The board of aldermen or other governing body of a city not within a county and the county commission or other governing body of the county, except for a county of the first classification having a charter form of government containing in part …

205.972. Maximum tax — ballot form. — 1. The tax may not be levied to exceed forty cents per each one hundred dollars assessed valuation therefor except for a county of the first classification having a charter form of government containing in whole or part a city with a populati…

205.973. Employers of workshop participants not liable for city head tax. — No employer of a handicapped or developmentally disabled person employed in a sheltered workshop shall be liable for any head tax imposed by any city in this state. ­­-------- (L. 1984 H.B. 1385 § A)

205.975. Definitions. — As used in sections 205.975 to 205.990, the following words and terms mean: (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…

205.976. Department to establish service areas. — The department shall establish service areas within which comprehensive mental health services and programs shall be conducted as defined and designated in the most recent state plan of the department. A service area may contain s…

205.977. Tax authorized. — Any county which has one or more service areas within its boundaries or which is within the boundaries of a service area may, by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting thereon, levy and collect a tax to accomplish any of the following purposes: …

205.979. Election — notice — ballot form — how conducted. — 1. The board of trustees may request that the governing body of the county or counties request the election officials of any county or city not within a county containing all or part of such service area to submit to the…

205.980. Tax to be levied and collected, when — rate — deposit of funds collected. — 1. The governing body of the county shall, upon approval of a majority of the qualified voters of such county voting thereon, levy and collect a tax as specified on the ballot, not to exceed fort…

205.981. May contract for services — length of contract. — 1. The board of trustees may contract with a community mental health center, mental health clinic, or other public facility or not-for-profit corporation as designated by the department for such comprehensive mental healt…

205.982. Joint cooperation authorized — submission of budget requests — withdrawal from cooperative effort. — 1. Governing bodies of counties within a service area may enter into contractual agreements with each other to accomplish any of the following purposes: (1) The joint pro…

205.983. Joint financing, procedure — treasurer to be bonded. — 1. Any participating county may provide for the financing of its share or portion of the costs or expenses of the joint agreements entered into pursuant to section 205.982 in a manner and by the same procedures for t…

205.984. Board of trustees established — number — nomination — qualifications — appointment — terms. — 1. There shall be established a board of trustees of not less than nine members appointed by the county or participating counties in a service area. The regional advisory counci…

205.985. Existing facilities may be utilized. — 1. Sections 205.975 to 205.990 shall not affect the validity of community mental health centers and other providers of any comprehensive mental health services as designated by the department and governing boards of such centers and…

205.986. Powers and duties of board of trustees. — The board of trustees appointed by a county or participating counties shall have the following powers and responsibilities to administratively control and manage the community mental health fund to accomplish the purposes as set …

205.987. Duties of department as to standards — to be met, when. — 1. In consultation with the state advisory council for comprehensive psychiatric services and existing public or private entities providing any comprehensive community mental health services, the department shall …

205.988. Additional duties of department. — In addition to duties and powers elsewhere provided in sections 205.975 to 205.990, the department shall do the following: (1) Develop and establish arrangements and procedures for the effective coordination and integration of departmen…

205.989. Payment for services — services not to be denied for inability to pay. — 1. No person because of inability to pay shall be denied the services of a community mental health center, mental health clinic, or other public facility or not-for-profit corporation in which a cou…

205.990. Nonparticipating counties to pay for residents, when, basis — determination of residence. — 1. If a community mental health center, mental health clinic, or any comprehensive mental health service is supported by some participating counties, but not by all the counties w…