Title 25 — Mental and Physical Illness or Disability

The interstate compact on mental health is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joined therein in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill and m…

Pursuant to said compact, the commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee must be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, may adopt rules to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The co…

The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that such supplementary agreements require or contemplate the use of any ins…

The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the state treasurer, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder.

The compact administrator is hereby directed to consult with the immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a proposed transferee from an institution in this state to an institution in another party state, to take no final action without approval of the distr…

Duly authorized copies of this chapter must, upon its approval, be transmitted by the secretary of state to the governor of each state, the attorney general and the administrator of general services of the United States, and the council of state governments.