The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
001
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COMPACT
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 9001)
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§ 9001. Purpose—Article I
The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill
and developmentally disabled can be facilitated by cooperative action, to the benefit
of the patients, their families, and society as a whole. Further, the party states
find that the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment
bears no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient but that,
on the contrary, the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require
that facilities and services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently,
it is the purpose of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary
legal basis for the institutionalization or other appropriate care and treatment of
the mentally ill and developmentally disabled under a system that recognizes the paramount
importance of patient welfare and to establish the responsibilities of the party states
in terms of such welfare. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 48.)