To achieve high quality mental health outcomes for consumers of mental health services, the Ohio Department of Mental Health strives to ensure the protection of consumer rights through its Office of Consumer Recovery and Supports.

• Community mental health agencies,
• Private psychiatric inpatient units,
• ODMH licensed residential facilities and
• Behavioral Healthcare Organizations (State Hospitals).

These multiple sets of rights are often confusing for persons seeking mental health services, so ODMH is considering combining all four into one document and calling it a Bill of Rights.

Your input on how to make Client Rights for mental health treatment clearer and more easily understood is important so the process can be more efficient and effective. Please complete our survey (Word, 116 KB). Your completion of this survey will help ODMH better streamline the steps people need to take to understand their rights and receive services. Please share the survey with people who are receiving services, their family members and advocates and return by August 15, 2008 to:

Office of Consumer Advocacy and Protection
Ohio Department of Mental Health
30 E. Broad Street, 8th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3430

Or as an email attachment to: remerk@mh.state.oh.us