§ 17-51. Functions.  


Latest version.
  • The authority shall perform the functions of the state for the residents of parish relative to:

    (1)

    Services and continuity of care for the prevention, detection, treatment, rehabilitation and follow up care of mental and emotional illness;

    (2)

    Care, diagnosis, training, treatment, case management, and education of the mentally retarded, the developmentally disabled, and the autistic;

    (3)

    Care, diagnosis, training, treatment, and education of alcohol or drug abusers and the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse.

(Ord. No. 17848, § 1, 10-25-89)