Mental Health
Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Medical Marijuana. [HB-985]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
Specifies that ten per cent of tax revenues collected from medical marijuana dispensaries shall be allocated to the mental health and substance abuse special fund.
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Gettr Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To A Pre-arrest Diversion Pilot Project. [SB-716]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes a pre-arrest diversion pilot project for individuals with mental health or substance abuse challenges who allegedly commit nonviolent, non-felony offenses on state property. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Medical Marijuana. [SB-325]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Specifies that ten per cent of general excise tax revenues collected from medical marijuana dispensaries and ten per cent of gross income generated by each entity that holds a medical marijuana dispensary license shall be allocated to the mental health and substance abuse special fund. Authorizes moneys in the mental health and substance abuse special fund to be used for the payment of the operating expenses of mental health and substance abuse programs operated by the State. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Mental Health. [HB-250]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Entitles designated family members and other interested persons of a person having a mental health emergency to: notice of certain procedures and actions, option to be present in the courtroom for a hearing on a petition for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment, and option to receive copies of hearing transcripts or recordings. Requires the court to adjourn or continue a hearing on a petition for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment for failure to timely notify designated persons, with certain exceptions.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Mental Health. [SB-122]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Entitles designated family members and other interested persons of a person having a mental health emergency to: notice of emergency admission, examination, and hospitalization. Entitles designated family members and other interested persons to the option to be present in the courtroom for a hearing on a petition for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment and the option to receive copies of hearing transcripts or recordings, unless the court determines that the interests of justice require otherwise. Requires notice of discharge
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Idaho 2017 Regular Session
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Amends existing law to provide a code reference. [HB-38]
[Mental Health ]
MENTAL HEALTH -- Amends existing law to provide a code reference.
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Louisiana 2017 Regular Session
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Creates a task force to study Louisiana's current statewide system of healthcare delivery for Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness [HCR-55]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Creates a task force to study Louisiana's current statewide system of healthcare delivery for Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness
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Louisiana 2017 Regular Session
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Provides for licensure and regulation of community-based care facilities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) [HB-402]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
Provides for licensure and regulation of community-based care facilities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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Louisiana 2017 Regular Session
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Amends the procedures for involuntary mental health treatment [HB-395]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Amends the procedures for involuntary mental health treatment
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Louisiana 2017 Regular Session
Requires the Louisiana Department of Health to implement the Medicaid health home option for persons with serious mental illness (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note) [HB-281]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Requires the Louisiana Department of Health to implement the Medicaid health home option for persons with serious mental illness (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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US Congress 115th Congress
PATH Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-1717]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
PATH Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, which provide services to individuals who: (1) are suffering from serious mental illness, or are suffering from serious mental illness and from substance abuse; and (2) are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. The minimum allotment of program funding for each state and territory is increased on the condition that appropriations are sufficient to provide the minimum allotment to all states
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Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act [HB-1712]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a five-year grant program to improve the monitoring of VA mental health and substance abuse treatment programs. The VA shall award a grant to four protection and advocacy systems under which each recipient shall investigate and monitor VA facilities care and treatment of veterans with mental illness or substance abuse issues. Criteria for selecting recipients shall include whether the state in which the protection and advocacy system operates
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Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2017 [HB-1681]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to furnish fertility treatment and counseling, including through the use of assisted reproductive technology, to a severely wounded, ill, or injured member of the Armed Forces who has an infertility condition incurred or aggravated while serving on active duty (covered member) or to the spouse, partner, or gestational surrogate of such member. DOD shall: establish procedures for gamete retrieval from a member of the Armed Forces in cases in
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Honor Our Commitment Act of 2017 [S.699]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
Honor Our Commitment Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish mental and behavioral health care to individuals who: served in the active military, naval, or air service for more than 180 days and were deployed in a theater of combat operations, in support of a contingency operation, or or in an area at a time during which hostilities occurred in that area for more than 30 days; were discharged or released from such service, by reason of committing a covered offense, under conditions other than honorable but
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Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2017 [S.700]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to furnish fertility treatment and counseling, including through the use of assisted reproductive technology, to a severely wounded, ill, or injured member of the Armed Forces who has an infertility condition incurred or aggravated while serving on active duty (covered member) or to the spouse, partner, or gestational surrogate of such member. DOD shall: establish procedures for gamete retrieval from a member of the Armed Forces in cases in
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Honor Our Commitment Act of 2017 [HB-1685]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
Honor Our Commitment Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish mental and behavioral health care to individuals who: served in the active military, naval, or air service for more than 180 days and were deployed in a theater of combat operations or an area at a time during which hostilities occurred in that area for more than 30 days; were discharged or released from such service, by reason of committing a covered offense, under conditions other than honorable but not dishonorable or by court-martial; and either
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Deborah Sampson Act [S.681]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Health ]
Deborah Sampson Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility of peer-to-peer assistance for women veterans (including those who are separating or newly separated from the Armed Forces), with emphasis placed on women who suffered service-related sexual trauma or who are at risk of becoming homeless. Additionally, the VA shall: expand the women veterans call center to include a text messaging capability; establish a partnership with at least one nongovernmental organization
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Crime ]
TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving
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Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2017 [HB-1511]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2017 This bill amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to modify definitions relating to homeless individuals and homeless children or youth as used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to verify eligibility for HUD homeless assistance programs to align them with the definitions of "homeless" used to verify eligibility for other federal assistance programs. (The amended definitions would increase access to federal homeless programs by homeless children, youth, and families.) The community-wide
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Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2017 [S.611]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2017 This bill amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to modify definitions relating to homeless individuals and homeless children or youth as used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to verify eligibility for HUD homeless assistance programs to align them with the definitions of "homeless" used to verify eligibility for other federal assistance programs. (The amended definitions would increase access to federal homeless programs by homeless children, youth, and families.) The community-wide
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