Mental Health

State (Utah)
Utah 2024 General Session

Behavioral Health Amendments [HB-528] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ]
Behavioral Health Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Eliason Senate/ Strike Enacting Clause In Senate Secretary on 03/01/2024

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State (Utah)
Utah 2024 General Session

Licensed School Psychological Practitioner Amendments [HB-530] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Licensed School Psychological Practitioner Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Stewart E. Barlow Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/13/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counselors. [HB-505] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish requirements for providing alcohol and drug treatment and behavioral health service providers and to require the cabinet to seek federal approval if it determines that such approval is necessary; creates a new section of Chapter 309 to establish criteria for registration as a temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialist; amends KRS 309.080, 309.0805, 309.0813, 309.083, 309.0841, 309.0842, and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser Signed By Governor on 04/05/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to perinatal palliative care. [HB-467] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Insurance ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require all hospitals offering obstetric services and alternative birthing centers to provide or make referrals for perinatal palliative care; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for perinatal palliative care; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary institution to its employees, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to recovery residences. [HB-462] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Housing ] [Mental Health ] [Human Services ]
Amends KRS 205.506 to establish the conditions under which a recovery residence may provide on-site clinical services or access to on-site clinical services; amends KRS 222.500 to define terms related to recovery residences; amends KRS 222.502 to permit a recovery residence that provides on-site clinical services or access to on-site clinical services to continue to operate without certification from a certifying organization until December 31, 2024; and amends KRS 222.504 to authorize the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and local governments (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Rae Heavrin Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 132) on 04/09/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to coverage for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings. [HB-406] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the early and periodic, diagnostic and treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner Introduced In House on 01/30/2024

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State (Utah)
Utah 2024 General Session

Student Mental Health Amendments [HB-413] [Education ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Student Mental Health Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Eliason Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/12/2024

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State (Utah)
Utah 2024 General Session

Civil Commitment Hearings Amendments [SB-157] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Civil Commitment Hearings Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael K. McKell Senate/ Strike Enacting Clause In Senate Secretary on 03/01/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to mental capacity. [HB-385] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Amends KRS 311.631, relating to living wills and advance directives, to include an adult friend as an individual authorized to make health care decisions on behalf of a patient who lacks decisional capacity; amends KRS 504.060 to define “examiner” and “secretary”; amends KRS 504.070 to allow a defendant to introduce evidence of an intellectual disability bearing on the issue of guilt, punishment, or both, and to require, if a court orders an examination of the defendant’s mental condition, that the condition be reported to the court; amends KRS (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 138) on 04/09/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Mental Health Services. [HB-2807] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
Establishes a working group within the Department of Health to comprehensively and systematically map the array of child and adolescent mental health programs and services statewide. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti Referred To Hlt, Cpc, Fin, Referral Sheet 3 on 01/26/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program. [HB-364] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ]
Create a new section of KRS 210.370 to 210.485 to create the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program; establish duties and responsibilities; amend KRS 210.400 to establish that the community board for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability shall implement, staff, and operate the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tina Bojanowski Introduced In House on 01/24/2024

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

Mental health; oversight; data; documentation. [SB-1311] [Mental Health ] [Data Privacy ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Mental health; oversight; data; documentation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lela Alston Governor Signed on 04/16/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for first responders. [HB-363] [Workers' Compensation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Mental Health ] [Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 342.0011 to allow "injury" to include psychological injuries for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, front-line staff members, or members of the National Guard; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish when psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims when not a direct result of a physical injury physical injury.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roberts Introduced In House on 01/24/2024

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State (Utah)
Utah 2024 General Session

First Responder Mental Health Services Amendments [HB-378] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
First Responder Mental Health Services Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Don L. Ipson Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/18/2024

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State (Utah)
Utah 2024 General Session

Dispatcher Discipline Amendments [HB-370] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Dispatcher Discipline Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Todd D. Weiler Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/13/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Mental Health. [SB-3140] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Authorizes examination of defendants via telehealth. Amends conditions for a defendant's release or examination of fitness to proceed. Authorizes the Department of Health to implement behavioral health crisis centers. Effective 7/1/2024.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald D. Kouchi Referred To Hhs/psm, Wam/jdc. on 01/26/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Mental Health. [HB-2452] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Human Services ]
Requires the Department of Health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Requires the Department of Health to respond to reports about persons having severe mental illness who are in need of assistance, assess whether those persons may fulfill the criteria for assisted community treatment, and coordinate the process for an assisted community treatment order if indicated. Establishes that a court's denial of a petition for involuntary commitment shall (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott K. Saiki Referred To Hlt/jha, Fin, Referral Sheet 3 on 01/26/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Mental Health. [HB-2451] [Mental Health ] [Healthcare ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Health ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Law Enforcement ]
Authorizes examination of defendants via telehealth. Amends conditions for certain petty misdemeanants' release or examination of fitness to proceed. Provides a mechanism for the automatic screening of certain nonviolent defendants for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment. Appropriates funds. Declares that the appropriations exceed the general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott K. Saiki Received Notice Of Appointment Of House Conferees (hse. Com. No. 767). on 04/18/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Mental Health. [SB-3141] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Requires the Department of Health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Requires the Department of Health to respond to reports about persons having severe mental illness who are in need of assistance, assess whether those persons may fulfill the criteria for assisted community treatment, and coordinate the process for an assisted community treatment order if indicated. Establishes that a court's denial of a petition for involuntary commitment shall (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald D. Kouchi Pass First Reading on 03/07/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Law Enforcement. [HB-2230] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Public Safety ]
Requires the Law Enforcement Standards Board to develop, and each department employing law enforcement officers to implement, a structured health intervention program to support law enforcement officers' physical and mental health. Takes effect 7/1/2042. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti Reported From Psm/hhs (stand. Com. Rep. No. 3113) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 03/18/2024

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