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Amendment H-8021 to HF 2222
Relating to a determination of the availability of mental health services in the state including the value of pursuing a Medicaid institutions for mental diseases waiver, and including effective date provisions
Adopted · February 24, 2020Strike everything: replaces the whole bill
Filed February 18, 2020 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill with a requirement for the Department of Human Services to conduct a statewide study on the availability of mental health services and the potential value of a specific federal Medicaid waiver. The department must submit the results of this study to the governor and the general assembly by February 15, 2021.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “Section
- STUDY AND REPORT OF MEDICAID INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL DISEASES WAIVER AND THE AVAILABILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. The department of human services shall conduct a statewide study of the current availability of mental health services in the state. The study will research and evaluate the current availability of mental health services across the continuum of care and the potential value of pursuing a section 1115 demonstration waiver as specified in section 12003 of the federal 21st Century Cures Act, Pub. L. No. 114-255, to provide for reimbursement for services provided in settings that qualify as institutions for mental diseases. The department shall submit a final report of the results of the study to the governor and the general assembly by February 15,
- Sec.
- EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.”
- Title page, line 1, by striking “the” and inserting “a determination of the availability of mental health services in the state including the value of pursuing a”