SERVICE INTEGRATION FOR DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION (SID) - A REPORT OF A THREE-YEAR RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, V 6 - LEGAL ISSUES

• NCJ Number: 47649
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 312 pages
• Grant Number(s): 15-P-55896/3-02
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Virginia Service Integration for Deinstitutionalization Project
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE LEGAL QUESTIONS, ISSUES, AND PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THE COURSE OF A STATE DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION PROJECT IN VIRGINIA ARE DISCUSSED.

Abstract

VIRGINIA'S (SID) MODEL WAS DEVELOPED TO FACILITATE THE RELEASE TO THE COMMUNITY OF STATE INSTITUTION RESIDENTS AMONG THE FOLLOWING TARGET GROUPS: THE MENTALLY ILL, THE MENTALLY RETARDED, AND THE YOUTHFUL OFFENDER. THE LEGAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPERATIONAL SID MODEL ARE PRESENTED CHRONOLOGICALLY. FIRST, AN ACCOUNTING OF THE LEGAL SOLUTION ATTEMPTED REGARDING EACH OF THE PROBLEMS, ISSUES, OR CONCERNS IS PRESENTED, THEN DETAILS OF THE RESOLUTION OF EACH OF THE CONFLICTS IS DISCUSSED. THE SUBJECT AREAS EXAMINED INCLUDE RIGHT TO TREATMENT, COMMUNITY PLACEMENT, RELEASE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING JUVENILE OFFENDERS, PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECT, DISCHARGE PROCEDURES FOR HOSPITAL RELEASE, THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR MENTAL HEALTH, PATIENT LABOR, PLENARY AND PARTIAL GUARDIANSHIP, AND PROSPECTIVE REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING PATIENT RIGHTS. LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AIMED AT ENCOURAGING DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION ARE PROPOSED, AND EXHIBITS ARE PROVIDED IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE MANY OF THE ISSUES CLEARER. A LIST OF EXHIBITS IS ALSO PROVIDED. FOR VOLUME 1-5, 6-7 AND SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME 3, SEE NCJ 47643-47648 AND 47650-47651.