3. Provision of half-way homes, sheltered accommodation and supported accommodation. – (1) The Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, shall establish such number of half-way homes, sheltered accommodations and supported accommodations, at such places, as it deems fit, for providing services required by persons with mental illness, having regard to the following, namely:––
(a) the expected or actual workload of the facility to be established;
(b) the number of mental health establishments existing in the State;
(c) the number of persons with mental illness in the State;
(d) the geographical and climatic conditions of the place where such facility is to be established.
(2) The half-way homes, sheltered accommodations and supported accommodations established by the Central Government, State Government, local authority, trust, whether private or public, corporation, co-operative society, organisation or any other entity or person shall follow the minimum standards specified by the Authority under sub-section (9) of section 18 or sub-section (6) of section 65, as the case may be.
4. Hospital and community based rehabilitation establishment and services. – (1) The Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, shall establish such number of hospital and community based rehabilitation establishments, as it deems fit, for providing rehabilitation services required by persons with mental illness, having regard to the following, namely:––
(a) the expected or actual workload of the facility to be established;
(b) the number of mental health establishments existing in that State;
(c) the number of persons with mental illness in that State;
(d) the geographical and climatic conditions of the place where such facility is to be established.
(2) The hospital and community based rehabilitation establishments established by the Central Government, State Government, local authority, trust, whether private or public, corporation, co-operative
society, organisation or any other entity or person shall follow the minimum standards specified by the Authority under sub-section (9) of section 18 or sub-section (6) of section 65, as the case may be.
5. Reimbursement of the intermediary costs of treatment at mental health establishment. – (1) Till such time as the services under sub-section (5) of section 18 are made available in a health establishment established or funded by the State Government, in the district where a persons with mental illness resides, such person may apply to a Chief Medical Officer of such District for reimbursement of costs of treatment at such mental health establishment.
(2). The Chief Medical Officer, on receipt of the application for reimbursement of the costs of treatment from the person referred to in sub-rule (1), shall examine the application and issue an order to reimburse such costs by the officer in-charge of the Directorate of Health Services of that State Government: Provide that the cost of reimbursement shall be limited to the rates specified by the Central
Government from time to time.
6. Right to access basic medical records. – (1) A person with mental illness shall be entitled to receive documented medical information pertaining to his diagnosis, investigation, assessment and treatment as per the medical records.
(2) A person with mental illness may apply for a copy of his basic inpatient medical record by making a request in writing in Form-A, addressed to the medical officer or mental health professional in charge of the concerned mental health establishment.
(3) Within fifteen days from the date of receipt of the request under sub-rule (2), basic inpatient medical records shall be provided to the applicant in Form-B.
(4) If a mental health professional or mental health establishment, as the case may be, is unable to decide, whether to disclose information or provide basic inpatient medical records or any other records to the applicant for ethical, legal or other sensitive issues, he or it may make an application to the Mental Health Review Board stating the issues involved and his or its views in the matter with a request for directions in the form of a written order.
(5) The Board shall, after hearing the concerned person with mental illness, by an order, give such directions, as it deems fit, to the mental health professional or mental health establishment, as the case may be.
7. Custodial institutions. –The person in charge of custodial institution, including prison, police station, beggars homes, orphanages, women’s protection homes, old age homes and any other institution run by Government, local authority, trust, whether private or public, corporation, co-operative society, organisation or any other entity or person, where any individual resident is in the custody of such person, and such individual resident is not permitted to leave without the consent of such person, shall display signage board in a prominent place in English, Hindi and local language, for the information of such individual or any person with mental illness residing in such institution or his nominated representative informing that such person is entitled to free legal services under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 or other relevant laws or under any order of the court if so ordered and shall also provide the contact details of the availability of services.