North Dakota Century Code Title 50. Public Welfare § 50-06-06.5. Continuum of services for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness

1. The department shall develop a plan for an integrated, multidisciplinary continuum of services for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. The continuum may consist of an array of services provided by private mental health professionals, private agencies, human service zones, state-operated behavioral health clinics, community-based residential care and treatment facilities, and private and public inpatient psychiatric hospitals. Within the limits of legislative appropriations, the plan for a continuum may include:

2. The continuum of care must provide that a person requiring treatment be submitted to the least restrictive available conditions necessary to achieve the purposes of treatment. The department shall ensure appropriate cooperation with human service zones and private providers in achieving the continuum of care.