Section 16Sec./Art. 16

Community-based Mental Heath Care Facilities. - The national government through the DOH shall fund the establishment and assist in the operation of community-based mental health care facilities in the provinces, cities and cluster of municipalities in the entire country based on the needs of the population, to provide appropriate mental health care services, and enhance the rights-based approach to mental health care.

Each community-based mental health care facility shall in addition to adequate room, office or clinic, have a complement of mental health professionals, allied professionals, support staff, trained barangay health workers (BHWs) volunteer, family members of patients or service users, basic equipment and supplies and adequate stock of medicines appropriate at that level.