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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 LOCAL PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES

    1. Meaning of “local mental health partners”

      1. 1.Meaning of “local mental health partners”

    2. Local primary mental health support services

      1. 2.Joint schemes for the provision of local primary mental health support services

      2. 3.Duty to provide local primary mental health support services

      3. 4.Failures to agree schemes

      4. 5.Meaning of “local primary mental health support services”

    3. Primary mental health assessments

      1. 6.Duties to carry out primary mental health assessments: referrals for registered patients in primary care

      2. 7.Duties to carry out primary mental health assessments: other primary care referrals

      3. 8.Duties to carry out primary mental health assessments: secondary mental health care referrals

      4. 9.Conduct of primary mental health assessments

      5. 10.Action following a primary mental health assessment

    4. Amendment to Children Act 2004

      1. 11.Inclusion of schemes under this Part in Children and Young People's plans

  3. PART 2 COORDINATION OF AND CARE PLANNING FOR SECONDARY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USERS

    1. Definitions

      1. 12.Meaning of “relevant patient”

      2. 13.Meaning of “mental health service provider”

    2. Appointment of care coordinators

      1. 14.Duty to appoint a care coordinator for a relevant patient

      2. 15.Identification of the relevant mental health service provider for a relevant patient

      3. 16.Further provision about the appointment of care coordinators

    3. Coordination of mental health services

      1. 17.Duty to coordinate provision of mental health services

      2. 18.Functions of the care coordinator

  4. PART 3 ASSESSMENTS OF FORMER USERS OF SECONDARY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

    1. Assessment arrangements

      1. 19.Arrangements for assessment of former users of secondary mental health services

      2. 20.Duty to carry out assessments

      3. 21.Failure to agree arrangements

    2. Assessment entitlements

      1. 22.Entitlement to assessment

      2. 23.Assessments: the relevant discharge period

      3. 24.Provision of information about assessments

    3. Assessment process

      1. 25.Purpose of assessment

      2. 26.Assessments: further provision

      3. 27.Action following an assessment

      4. 28.Referrals relating to housing or well-being services

    4. Supplementary

      1. 29.Determination of usual residence

      2. 30.Application of this Part to persons under local authority guardianship

  5. PART 4 MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY

    1. 31.Independent mental health advocates: Wales

    2. 32.Further provision about independent mental health advocacy for Welsh qualifying compulsory patients

    3. 33.Further provision about independent mental health advocacy for Welsh qualifying informal patients

    4. 34.Independent mental health advocates: supplementary powers and duties

    5. 35.Welsh qualifying compulsory patients

    6. 36.Welsh qualifying informal patients

    7. 37.Duty to give information about independent mental health advocates to Welsh qualifying compulsory patients

    8. 38.Duty to give information about independent mental health advocates to Welsh qualifying informal patients

    9. 39.Application of the Mental Health Act 1983 code of practice to Welsh independent mental health advocates

    10. 40.Procedures for making regulations under the Mental Health Act 1983

  6. PART 5 GENERAL

    1. 41.Cooperative and joint working between Local Health Boards and local authorities

    2. 42.Information sharing

    3. 43.Amendment of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

    4. 44.Codes of practice

    5. 45.Part 1: power to secure regional provision

    6. 46.Part 3: power to secure regional provision

    7. 47.Regulations as to the individuals who may carry out primary mental health assessments and act as care coordinators

    8. 48.Duty to review the Measure

  7. PART 6 MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

    1. 49.Meaning of secondary mental health services

    2. 50.Meaning of housing or well-being services

    3. 51.General interpretation

    4. 52.Orders and regulations

    5. 53.Consequential etc amendments

    6. 54.Repeals

    7. 55.Commencement

    8. 56.Short title

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983

      1. 1.Amend the Mental Health Act 1983 as follows.

      2. 2.At the end of the title of section 130A insert...

      3. 3.In section 130A(1), (2) and (4) for “appropriate national authority”...

      4. 4.For section 130C(2) substitute– (2) A patient is a qualifying...

      5. 5.In section 130C(3) after “qualifying patient if” insert “ the...

      6. 6.After section 130C(3) insert– (3A) For the purposes of subsection...

      7. 7.Omit section 130C(5) and (6).

      8. 8.In section 134(3A)(b)(i) after “130A” insert “ or section 130E...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      REPEALS

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