Advocacy, Incorporated Handout Materials

Institutions

IR1: The Commitment Process Under the Texas Mental Health Code (7 pgs-1/96)
Explains how the court decides if mental health services are needed, rights of the person confined in a hospital, and types of commitment hearings.

IR5: Services to People With Mental Illness: An Overview of the Mental Illness Protection & Advocacy (MIP&A) Act And The Protection & Advocacy For Individual Rights (PAIR) Program (4 pgs-8/02)
Explains the purpose of the PAIMI and PAIR, who the system can serve, when it can provide services, the powers of the system, and other requirements the system must meet.

IR6: How to Make A Complaint About Inpatient Mental Health Services (15 pgs-2/98)
Explains complaint process as applicable to state hospitals and state centers operated by TDMHMR; includes resources, treatment, client rights officer, TDMHMR Office of Client Services and Rights Protection, Public Responsibility Committees, and how Advocacy, Inc. can assist.

IR8: Your Legal Right to Refuse Medication (4 pgs- 12/97)
Information regarding informed consent and when individuals can refuse to take medication.

IR9: Representing the Patient in Medication Hearings (7 pgs-12/97)
Information regarding medication hearings and a checklist regarding (1) the initial steps, (2) preparation for hearing, and (3) after the hearing. Written specifically for, and available to, attorneys only.

IR10: Rights of People Receiving Voluntary and Involuntary Behavioral Interventions in Mental Health Programs: Restraint and Seclusion Guidelines (8 pgs-5/00)
Guidelines and explanation of an individual's rights regarding restraint and seclusion.

IR11: Legal Rights of Persons with Mental Retardation Guaranteed by the Texas Persons with Mental Retardation Act (6 pgs- 5/95)
Detailed outline and listing of the Bill of Rights.

IR12: Legal Rights of Residents of Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation or Related Conditions (ICFS- MR/RC) (5 pgs-3/95)
A listing of ICFs-MR residents' rights and who to contact if rights are being violated.

IR13: How to Make a Complaint updated 2010 and substituting from the DADS website
Complaint process for use in state schools and state centers operated by TDMHMR, and in homes operated by or under contract with community MHMR centers; lists resources and explains functions; lists address and phone numbers of MRAs, Community MHMR Center Rights Protection Officers, and PRC Facilities Committee Chairmen.

IR14: Rights of Nursing Facility Residents
Rights of residents and requirements regarding quality of services.

IR14S: Rights of Nursing Facility Residents (Spanish version)
Rights of residents and requirements regarding quality of services.

IR15: Your Rights in Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation (4/10)
Provided by DADS.

IR15S: Sus Derechos en un centro do atencion intermedia para personas con retraso mental (4/10)
Provided by DADS

IR16: Your Rights in a State School or Center (4/10)
Provided by (and also available from) DADS.

IR16S: Sus Derechos en un centro residential con apoya estatal (4/10)
Provided by (and also available from) DADS.

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