Mental Health

State (Alaska)
Alaska 34th Legislature

Gun Violence Protective Orders [HB-89] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
An Act relating to gun violence protective orders; relating to the crime of violating a protective order; relating to a central registry for protective orders; relating to the powers of district judges and magistrates; amending Rules 4 and 65, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rule 9, Alaska Rules of Administration; and providing for an effective date.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Josephson Cosponsor(s): Gray on 03/12/2025

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 34th Legislature

Minor Mental Health: Age Of Consent [SB-90] [Mental Health ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ]
An Act relating to the examination and treatment of minors; relating to consent for behavioral and mental health treatment for minors 16 years of age or older; and providing for an effective date.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Claman Referred To Rules on 04/25/2025

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State (Utah)
Utah 2025 General Session

Artificial Intelligence Amendments [HB-452] [Technology and Innovation ] [Artificial Intelligence ]
Artificial Intelligence Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jefferson Moss Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/25/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to perinatal palliative care. [HB-414] [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. Walker Thomas 2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to patient-directed care at the end of life. [HB-408] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Insurance ] [Senior Citizens ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill patient's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; establish conditions required to make request; permit patient to rescind request at any time; permit an attending physician to provide medication; establish requirements for attending physician to inform patients and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified patients; require report by the Cabinet for Health (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown To Health Services (h) on 02/12/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [SB-111] [Criminal Justice ] [Children and Youth ] [Mental Health ] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Crime ]
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 200 to define terms; establish procedures for a child charged with a public offense to determine if the child is a high acuity youth; establish procedures for securing a treatment plan and dispute resolution through a review process and the court if the parties cannot agree to a plan; require a 24-hour protocol for health facilities, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the courts to direct care; establish reimbursement rates for inpatient and outpatient psychiatric (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll Returned To Judiciary (h) on 03/12/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to state-operated mental health facilities. [HB-392] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ]
Amend KRS 210.040 to replace the term "institutions" with "facilities"; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services is responsible to provide care that includes emergency and other medical care provided outside of a state facility for patients in state-operated mental health facilities.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser Posted For Passage For Concurrence In Senate Floor Amendment (1) And Floor Amendment (2-title) on 03/14/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to risk protection orders. [HB-375] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Mental Health ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; allow enumerated persons to petition a District Court to issue an order prohibiting a person from purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm if the person is or has been diagnosed with or treated for a mental condition that causes or is likely to cause impairment in judgment, perception, or impulse control to an extent that presents an unreasonable risk to public health, safety, or welfare if the person were in possession or control of a firearm; establish that a violation of an order (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown To Judiciary (h) on 02/12/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION expressing Kentucky's support for the Crisis Recovery Support Network coordinated by the Southern Regional Education Board, expressing support for Kentucky's participation in the network, and recognizing the network as a trusted support for Kentucky schools, districts, and postsecondary institutions to know they may call upon if the need arises. [SCR-43] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Express support for the Southern Regional Education Board's Crisis Recovery Support Network.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 30) on 03/18/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Healthcare Workforce Reforms [HB-67] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ]
Healthcare Workforce Reforms

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk Ch. Sl 2025-37 on 07/01/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to coverage of feeding or eating disorders. [HB-244] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Create new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health plans to provide coverage for eating or feeding disorder treatment; prohibit health plans from using certain standards, including body mass index, when determining medical necessity or the appropriate level of care for an individual diagnosed with a feeding or eating disorder; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health services benefit plans, Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group plans provided by the governing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/07/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to conversion therapy. [SB-94] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Rights ] [Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (cabinet) to prohibit the direct or indirect use of state and federal funds for the practice of conversion therapy on minors; require state agencies to report providers engaged in conversion therapy efforts with a minor to the appropriate professional certification or licensing board; require the cabinet to update relevant policies and procedures to reflect the prohibition of conversion therapy on minors and to convey the dangers of conversion (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg To Health Services (s) on 02/06/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to children. [SB-90] [Children and Youth ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Education ]
Amend KRS 158.1415 to remove provisions related to parental rights and courses, curriculums, or programs on human sexuality; provide for a process for parents to opt out of their child receiving instruction on the subject of human sexuality; amend KRS 158.191 to remove language limiting Kentucky Board of Education or Department of Education policies regarding student confidential information and the use of pronouns; require a local school district to use pronouns for students upon a request from a parent along with a note from a medical provider (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg To Education (s) on 02/06/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the mental health of first responders. [HB-277] [Mental Health ] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 95A.292 to allow rescue squad members to participate in the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39F to direct the Division of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Fire Commission to enter into an agreement to ensure that rescue squad members have access to the program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/07/2025

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State (Utah)
Utah 2025 General Session

Health Insurance Coverage Amendments [SB-214] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ]
Health Insurance Coverage Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raymond Ward Senate/ Filed In Senate File For Bills Not Passed on 03/07/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Mental health; power of attorney [SB-1570] [Mental Health ] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ] [Disabilities ]
Mental health; power of attorney

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Epstein Senate Hhs Committee Action: Discussion Only, Voting: (0-0-0-0) on 03/05/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Veterans; mental health; grant program [SB-1710] [Veterans ] [Mental Health ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ]
Veterans; mental health; grant program

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Gowan House Fmae Committee Action: Withdrawn, Voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0) on 03/24/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Mental health; autism; insurance coverage [SB-1590] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Disabilities ]
Mental health; autism; insurance coverage

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Janae Shamp Chapter 142 on 05/07/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Mental health; residential treatment [SB-1573] [Mental Health ] [Healthcare ]
Mental health; residential treatment

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Theresa Hatathlie Senate Read Second Time on 02/11/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Requesting The Department Of Human Services Med-quest Division To Cover Behavioral Health Services For Children In School-based Settings. [SR-7] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ]
Requesting The Department Of Human Services Med-quest Division To Cover Behavioral Health Services For Children In School-based Settings.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura The Committee On Hhs Deferred The Measure. on 02/26/2025

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