245.477 APPEALS.
Any adult who requests mental health services under sections
245.461 to
245.486 must be
advised of services available and the right to appeal at the time of the request and each time the
individual community support plan or individual treatment plan is reviewed. Any adult whose
request for mental health services under sections
245.461 to
245.486 is denied, not acted upon
with reasonable promptness, or whose services are suspended, reduced, or terminated by action or
inaction for which the county board is responsible under sections
245.461 to
245.486 may contest
that action or inaction before the state agency as specified in section
256.045. The commissioner
shall monitor the nature and frequency of administrative appeals under this section.
History: 1987 c 403 art 2 s 32; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 88; 1989 c 282 art 4 s 25