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Protected health information (PHI) under U.S. law is any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that is created or collected by a Covered Entity (or a Business Associate of a Covered Entity), and can be linked to a specific individual. This is interpreted rather broadly and includes any part of a ...
The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 was an initiative aimed at enhancing and broadening community based health services across the country. Yet its influence was brief as it was only in effect for 10 months. Changes in politics during the 1980s resulted in its removal and a notable decrease in government backing for health programs.
Chicago-Read Mental Health Center (CRMHC, often called simply Read) is a state-run inpatient JCAHO -accredited facility with between 150 and 200 beds located in the neighborhood of Dunning on the northwest side of the city of Chicago close to O'Hare International Airport in the state of Illinois. It has served the adult residents of Chicago ...
Mental health-related legal concepts include mens rea, insanity defences; legal definitions of "sane," "insane," and "incompetent;" informed consent; and automatism, amongst many others. Statutory law usually takes the form of a mental health statute. An example is the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales. These acts codify aspects of ...
Freedom of Information Act 83rd Illinois General Assembly Citation 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. Public Act 83-1013 Passed June 28, 1983 Signed by Governor James R. Thompson (after amendatory veto agreed to by the General Assembly) Signed December 27, 1983 Effective July 1, 1984 Legislative history Bill title House Bill 234 Introduced by Barbara Flynn Currie (House) Terry L. Bruce (Senate) Amended by ...
The Elgin Mental Health Center (formerly Elgin State Hospital & the Northern Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane) is a mental health facility operated by the State of Illinois in Elgin, Illinois. Throughout its history, Elgin's mission has changed. At times, it treated mental illness, tuberculosis, and provided federally funded care for ...
The execution of mentally retarded defendants violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. 8th. 2005. Roper v. Simmons. In a ruling that followed Wainwright (in assessing the nature of cruel and unusual punishments), children may not be given the death penalty. 1st. 2010. Graham v.
Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization / hospitalisation[ a ] is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified person to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is detained in a psychiatric hospital (inpatient) where they can be treated involuntarily.