Massachusetts Chapter 123 — Mental Health
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 1— Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 2— Regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 2A— Geographically-isolated communities; factors to be considered by department when contracting for services to be established by regulation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 3— Transfers; notice; emergencies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 4— Periodic review; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 5— Commitment or retention hearings; right to counsel; medical examination; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 6— Retention of persons; validity of orders; hearing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 7— Commitment and retention of dangerous persons; petition; notice; hearing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 8— Proceedings to commit dangerous persons; notice; hearing; orders; jurisdiction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 8A— [There is no 123:8A.]
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 8B— Treatment of committed persons with antipsychotic medication; petition; notice; hearing; guardian
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 9— Review of matters of law; application for discharge; notice; hearing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 10— Voluntary admissions; consultation with attorney; discharge; outpatients; veterans
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 11— Voluntary admissions; withdrawal; notice; examination; retention
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 12— Emergency restraint and hospitalization of persons posing risk of serious harm by reason of mental illness
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 13— Transfer of dangerous males to Bridgewater state hospital; retention period; further commitment; procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 14— Transfers from Bridgewater state hospital to other facilities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 15— Competence to stand trial or criminal responsibility; examination; period of observation; reports; hearing; commitment; delinquents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 16— Hospitalization of persons incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of mental illness; examination period; commitment; hearing; restrictions; dismissal of criminal charges
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 17— Periodic review of incompetence to stand trial; petition; hearing; continued treatment; defense to charges; release
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 18— Hospitalization of mentally ill prisoners; examination; reports; hearing; commitment; petition for transfer to inpatient psychiatric facility or unit licensed or operated by the department of mental health or to Bridgewater state hospital; voluntary admission; reduction of sentence; discharge
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 18A— Facility residents; contribution towards cost of counsel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 19— Parties or witnesses; determination of mental condition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 20— Extradition of mental institution escapees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 21— Transportation of mentally ill persons; restraint
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 22— Civil liability of physicians, qualified advanced practice registered nurses, qualified psychologists, qualified psychiatric nurse mental health clinic specialists, police officers and licensed independent clinical social workers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 23— Rights of persons receiving services from programs or facilities of department of mental health
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 23A— Competent interpreter services in hospitals which provide acute psychiatric services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 24— Legal capacity of persons admitted or committed
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 25— Guardian or conservator; appointment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 26— Deposit of funds held in trust for inpatients or residents; unclaimed funds and personal property; fiduciaries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 27— Administration of estate of deceased inpatient or resident
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 28— Violent or unnatural death of patients; notice to district attorney
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 29— Instruction and education; work programs; sale of work products
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 30— Unauthorized absence of patients; notification of police, et al.; return
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 31— Medicine and drugs; indigent patients
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 32— Charges for care of persons in facilities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 33— Expenses of apprehension, examination, hearing, commitment or delivery; certification; audit; payment; fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 34— Commitment or transfer to Veterans Administration or other federal agency
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 35— Commitment of alcoholics or substance abusers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 36— Patient records; inspection; maintenance and retention
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 36A— Court records of examination or commitment; privacy
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 36B— Duty to warn patient's potential victims; cause of action
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 36C— Transmission of committed person's name and nonclinical, identifying information to department of criminal justice information services; prohibition of committed person from being issued firearm identification card or license to carry; petition for relief