2009 Senate Bill 865

Revise government mental health services

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 24, 2009

Introduced by Sen. Liz Brater (D-18)

To create a simplified uniform assessment standard at community mental health agencies to determine if a person needs mental health services. As under current law, priority would go to individuals with “with the most severe forms of serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and developmental disability“.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy