Your Rights as a Client
You have the right to:

• Be informed of all client rights.
• Be informed of your condition.
• Know the cost of services.
• Exercise your rights without reprisal.
• Be treated with consideration and respect for personal dignity, autonomy, and privacy.
• Receive services in the least restrictive environment.
• Be informed of proposed services, treatment or therapies and alternatives.
• Give consent or to refuse any service, treatment or therapy.
• Participate in the development, review and revision of your treatment plan.
• Freedom from unnecessary or excessive medication.
• Freedom from unnecessary physical restraint or seclusion.
• Receive a copy of you individualized treatment plan.
• Not be discriminated against for receiving services on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, handicap or developmental disability.
• Have access to your client record in accordance with program procedures.
• Consult with an independent treatment specialist or legal counsel at your own expense.
• File a grievance in accordance with program procedures.
• Have oral and written instructions concerning the procedure for filing a grievance. (Each agency will give you a copy of it's clients rights policy and grievance procedures.)