- Recognizes the rights of service users, including their family members, caregivers, and legal representatives - Requiring the “informed consent” during psychiatric or neurological emergencies or in cases of impairment or temporary loss of decisionmaking capacity - Provision of mental health services down to the barangay level - Institutions to ensure the availability of a mental health professional Role of LGUs - Mental health services at the community level: responsive primary mental health services shall be developed and integrated as part of the basic health services at the city, municipal, and barangay levels (Sec. 16). - Wellness promotion, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation shall be inclusive in mental health services at the community level. - A heightened nationwide multimedia campaign shall be initiated and sustained to raise public awareness on the protection and promotion of mental health and rights (Sec. 23). - With the technical guidance from the DOH, the LGUs shall be responsible for the training of barangay health workers (BHWs) and other barangay volunteers on the promotion of mental health, advocacy of patient’s rights, case finding, identification, and referral (Sec. 28). Training Module on the Right to Mental Health for Local Health Leaders - Develops and establishes a national mental health care system by integrating the promotion of mental health in educational institutions, the workplace, and communities - The LGU shall create its program according to the Philippine Council for Mental Health guidelines and coordinate its implementation. It shall make a quarterly report. Complementary Laws Some provisions of these laws support and complement the implementation of the mental health law and specifically mention the LGU. - Magna Carta for Women - Safe Spaces Act - Anti-Bullying - Anti-Sexual Harassment - Data Privacy - Universal Health Care Law - The Practice of Professional Laws - Mandanas Ruling 16