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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. In a provision concerning mental health system planning, provides that the Office of the Governor (instead of the Governor's Office of Health Innovation and Transformation) shall oversee a process for identifying needed services and identifying the financing strategies for developing those needed services. Makes a change in a provision concerning the purpose of the process. Adds language requiring the process to address the need and financing strategies for trauma-informed care. Requires the Office of the Governor (instead of the Governor's Office of Health Innovation and Transformation) to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by January 15, 2016 (instead of July 1, 2015). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 In provisions concerning the process for identifying certain needed services and identifying the financing strategies for developing those services, provides that the purpose of the process is to offer choice to all individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders or conditions (instead of only individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorders or conditions) who choose to live in the community, and for whom the community is the appropriate setting, including those at risk of institutional care.
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