The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 18 : Health
Chapter 174 : Mental Health System of Care
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 7255)-
§ 7255. System of care
The Commissioner of Mental Health shall coordinate a geographically diverse system and continuum of mental health care throughout the State that shall include at least the following:
(1) comprehensive and coordinated community services, including prevention, to serve children, families, and adults at all stages of mental condition or psychiatric disability;
(2) peer services, which may include:
(A) a warm line;
(B) peer-provided transportation services;
(C) peer-supported crisis services; and
(D) peer-supported hospital diversion services;
(3) alternative treatment options for individuals seeking to avoid or reduce reliance on medications;
(4) recovery-oriented housing programs;
(5) intensive residential recovery facilities;
(6) appropriate and adequate psychiatric inpatient capacity for voluntary patients;
(7) appropriate and adequate psychiatric inpatient capacity for involuntary inpatient treatment services, including persons receiving treatment through court order from a civil or criminal court;
(8) a secure residential recovery facility; and
(9) a psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. April 4, 2012; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 101; 2023, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 1, 2024.)
