Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 22-50-9 (2026)

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✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026

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The Department of Mental Health through its commissioner is hereby authorized to act in any prudent way to provide mental health services and mental retardation services for the people of Alabama.

(Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §9; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2013–2016 · leading case: Nw. Alabama Treatment Ctr., Inc. v. Alabama Dep't of Mental Health, 207 So. 3d 743 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016).

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Nw. Alabama Treatment Ctr., Inc. v. Alabama Dep't of Mental Health, 207 So. 3d 743 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “Background Pursuant to § 22-50-9, Ala.Code 1975, ADMH, a department of state government, is authorized, through its commissioner, “to act in any prudent way to provide mental health services .”

State v. Bentley, 146 So. 3d 413 (Ala. 2013). · cites it 3× “” § 22-50-9. A “[Regional or community mental health facility” also provides such services.”

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