Section 98
Discharge planning.
The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
About this Act
An Act to provide for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness and to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of such persons during delivery of mental healthcare and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) Whenever a person undergoing treatment for mental illness in a
mental health establishment is to be discharged into the community or to a different mental health
establishment or where a new psychiatrist is to take responsibility of the person's care and treatment, the
psychiatrist who has been responsible for the person's care and treatment shall consult with the person
with mental illness, the nominated representative, the family member or care-giver with whom the
person with mental illness shall reside on discharge from the hospital, the psychiatrist expected to be
responsible for the person's care and treatment in the future, and such other persons as may be
appropriate, as to what treatment or services would be appropriate for the person.
(2) The psychiatrist responsible for the person's care shall in consultation with the persons referred to in sub-section (1) ensure that a plan is developed as to how treatment or services shall be provided to the person with mental illness.
(3) The discharge planning under this section shall apply to all discharges from a mental health establishment.
(2) The psychiatrist responsible for the person's care shall in consultation with the persons referred to in sub-section (1) ensure that a plan is developed as to how treatment or services shall be provided to the person with mental illness.
(3) The discharge planning under this section shall apply to all discharges from a mental health establishment.