Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors
How to Request Assistance
To request assistance from the Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors, contact:
Gene Haire, Executive Director
P.O. Box 200804
Helena, MT 59620-0804
E-mail: ghaire@state.mt.us
Telephone: 406-444-5278 or 800-332-2272
Office Location:
1412 ½ 8th Street
Helena, MT 59620
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The Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors is available to help people who receive services from mental health facilities.
Informal Help
The most common kind of assistance the Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors provides is to help people resolve complaints against or disagreements and problems communicating with mental health providers.
Formal Grievances
The Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors also helps consumers to work through formal grievances with mental health providers. This kind of assistance can include attending grievance hearings with consumers and helping consumers explain their complaints to mental health providers.
Rights
The Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors helps consumers who feel that their rights related to mental health services have been violated.
Civil and Legal Rights in Montana Law
Mental Health Treatment-Related Rights in Montana Law
- http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/53/21/53-21-142.htm
- http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/53/21/53-21-143.htm
- http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/53/21/53-21-144.htm
- http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/53/21/53-21-145.htm
- http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/53/21/53-21-146.htm
- http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/53/21/53-21-147.htm
- http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/53/21/53-21-148.htm
United Nations Principles for The Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care
