As used in this chapter: (a) âAdvocacyâ means those activities undertaken on behalf of persons who are receiving or have received mental health services to protect their rights or to secure or upgrade treatment or other services to which they are entitled. (b) âMental health clientâ or âclientâ means a person who is receiving or has received services from a mental health facility, service, or program and who has personally or through a guardian ad litem, entered into an agreement with a county patientsâ rights advocate for the provision of advocacy services. (c) âMental health facilities, services, or programsâ means a publicly operated or supported mental health facility or program; a private facility or program licensed or operated for health purposes providing services to persons with mental health disorders; and publicly supported agencies providing other than mental health services to clients with mental health disorders. (d) âIndependent of providers of serviceâ means that the advocate has no direct or indirect clinical or administrative responsibility for any recipient of mental health services in any mental health facility, program, or service for which he or she performs advocacy activities. (e) âCounty patientsâ rights advocateâ means an advocate appointed, or whose services are contracted for, by a local mental health director.
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