Office Hours: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday.

Our History

Health Act 1987 was repealed with the more comprehensive Mental Health Care Act (MHCA)-2017 in order to protect, promote and fulfill the rights of the persons suffering from mental illness. There is paradigm shift in the nature of the legislation from protecting the society from Persons with Mental illness ( PMIs ) by confining them to mental asylums to providing them with equal opportunities of full participation in social living.

The Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017 received the assent of the President of India on 7th April, 2017 and the Final Rules were notified on 29th May, 2018 by Govt. of India in the Official Gazette and MHCA, 2017 was declared to have come into force w.e.f. 29th May, 2018. In the Chapter VIII (Section 45-56), of MHCA- 2017 the provisions regarding establishment, composition and constitution, functions of SMHA and other important Sections regarding SMHA have been mentioned.

Functions of SMHA

As per Section 55 of Mental Healthcare Act-2017, the following are the functions of State Mental Health Authority.
The State Authority shall-

  • Register all mental health establishments in the State except those referred to in section 43 and maintain and publish (including online on the internet) a register of such establishments;
  • Develop quality and service provision norms for different types of mental health establishments in the State;
  • Supervise all mental health establishments in the State and receive complaints about deficiencies in provision of services;
  • Register clinical psychologists, mental health nurses and psychiatric social workers in the State to work as mental health professionals, and publish the list of such registered mental health professionals in such manner as may be specified by regulations by the State Authority;
  • Train all relevant persons including law enforcement officials, mental health professionals and other health professionals about the provisions and implementation of this Act;
  • Discharge such other functions with respect to matters relating to mental health as the State Government may decide:

MEMBERS OF MSMHA

Official Members :

Principal Secretary/ Commissioner & Secretary Health & Family Welfare Department

Chairperson (Ex-officio)

Secretary Health & Family Welfare Department

Member (Ex-officio)

Mission Director, National Health Mission

Member (Ex-officio)

Director of Health Services (MI)

Member (Ex-officio)

Director of Health Services (Research)

Member (Ex-officio) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Member Secretary, Meghalaya State Legal Services Authority

Member (Ex-officio)

Secretary/ Joint Secretary, Social Welfare Department

Member (Ex-officio)

Secretary/ Joint Secretary, Home (Police) Department

Member (Ex-officio)

Secretary/ Joint Secretary, Law Department

Member (Ex-officio)

Secretary/ Joint Secretary, Finance Welfare Department

Member (Ex-officio)

Superintendent, MIMHANS

Member

Additional Superintendent, MIMHANS

Member

Sr. Psychiatrist, Civil Hospital, Shillong & Nodal Officer, National Mental Health Programme.

Member

Non - Official Members :

Dr. Eddie O. Mukhim

Psychiatrist

Sangila Dorjee

Clinical Psychologist

Akesh Laloo

Psychiatric Social Worker

Aaron Tochri Marak

Mental Health Professional

Carrienova Lyngdoh Nongbri

Mental Health Nurse

Valarie Chyne

Representative of Person with Mental Illness

Weidamon Kharnaior

Representative of Care-givers

M.C. Augustine

NGO Representative.

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Contact Us

Our Address

Meghalaya State Mental Health Authority Office Pasteur Hills, Lawmali, Shillong - 793001

Email Us

smhadhsr@gmail.com

Call Us

+1 5589 55488 55

Fax Us

+1 5589 55488 55
+1 6678 254445 41