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Community Mental Health Centers

A community mental health center (CMHC) is an entity that meets applicable licensing or certification requirements for CMHCs in the State in which it is located; and must provide all of the following core services to meet the statutory definition of a CMHC.   Services include:

• Outpatient services, including specialized outpatient services for children, the elderly, individuals who are chronically ill, and residents of the CMHC's mental health services area who have been discharged from inpatient treatment at a mental health facility,
• 24 hour a day emergency care services,
• Day treatment, other than partial hospitalization services, or psychosocial rehabilitation services,
• Screening for patients considered for admission to State mental health facilities to determine the appropriateness of such admission, and
• Consultation and education services.