Mental Health Act Article 4

The central competent authority oversees the following matters:1. Planning, formulation and campaign of policies, laws and regulations, and protocols for promoting mental health;2. Planning, formulation and campaign of policies, laws and regulations, protocols for mental illness prevention, and treatment and resource deployment;3. Planning and promotion of patient economic security, social assistance, welfare services, long-term care, and community support services;4. Planning, formulation and campaign of policies, laws and regulations, and protocols to safeguard the rights and interests of patients;5. Supervision and coordination on the performance of the local competent authorities in matters concerning patient’s access to medical care and the protection of their rights and interests;6. Awards and planning for the patient services provided by local competent authorities;7. Planning for the training of professionals related to patient services;8. Planning and promotion of patient protection services;9. Planning and promotion of patient family support services;10. Collection, establishment, compilation, statistics, and management of patient data;11. Supervision and accreditation of various mental health care institutions;12. Investigation, research, and statistics of national mental health and mental illness;13. Other planning and promotion related to people’s mental health promotion and mental illness prevention and treatment, as well as patient services and the protection of patient rights and interests.The central competent authority shall publish a national mental health report every four years, which shall include the matters listed in the subparagraphs of the preceding Paragraph.
中文原文 精神衛生法第4條
中央主管機關掌理下列事項:
一、心理健康促進政策、法規與方案之規劃、訂定及宣導。
二、精神疾病預防、治療與資源布建政策、法規、方案之規劃、訂定及宣導。
三、病人經濟安全、社會救助、福利服務、長期照顧與社區支持服務之規劃及推動。
四、病人權益保障政策、法規與方案之規劃、訂定及宣導。
五、對地方主管機關執行病人就醫、權益保障之監督及協調。
六、對地方主管機關病人服務之獎助規劃。
七、病人服務相關專業人員訓練之規劃。
八、病人保護業務之規劃及推動。
九、病人家庭支持服務之規劃及推動。
十、病人資料之蒐集、建立、彙整、統計及管理。
十一、各類精神照護機構之督導及評鑑。
十二、國民心理衛生、精神疾病之調查、研究及統計。
十三、其他有關人民心理健康促進、精神疾病預防與治療、病人服務與權益保障之規劃及推動。
中央主管機關應每四年公布包括前項各款事項之國家心理衛生報告。

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