Statute and Regulations
Minimum Standard
Table 2. Criteria for Serious Mental Illness (SMI) (of 31 States Responding)1
| State | Federal Minimum Standard under PASRR Statute and Regulations |
Broader Definitions than Federal Minimum Standard |
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| TOTAL | 22 | 9 |
1 This table includes Mississippi, raising the total number of States to 34 although only 33 States responded. Presumably, Mississippi represents an error in transcription. The data source is the Bazelon Center, 1996. The following 22 States use the Federal Minimum Standard under the PASRR Statute and Regulations: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, and Wyoming. The following 9 States use broader definitions than the Federal Minimum Standard: Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. The following 3 States did not respond: Alabama, Massachusetts, and Missouri.