Directs the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services of the Department of Health and Human Services to report, as title indicates, by September 1, 2011. Requires that the report include a comprehensive statewide analysis of the number of times, between January 1, 2011, and June 30, 2011, that individuals diagnosed with a mental illness utilized hospital emergency departments, as detailed, and a plan for reducing the length of stay for those individuals.
REPORT ON MH SERVICES PROVIDED BY HOSP. ERS.
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TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO REPORT ON THE UTILIZATION OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS BY INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR REDUCING THE LENGTH OF STAYS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.Intro. by Insko.
Status: If Favorable Appropriations (House Action) (Feb 15 2011)
Bill History:
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Thu, 10 Feb 2011 House: Filed
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Mon, 14 Feb 2011 House: Passed 1st Reading
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Mon, 14 Feb 2011 House: Ref To Com On Health and Human Services
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Tue, 15 Feb 2011 House: If Favorable Appropriations
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Bill H 79 (2011-2012)Summary date: Feb 10 2011 - View Summary
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