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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1531 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 557 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1531 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING STAFFING NEEDS IN MENTAL HEALTH | |
| 19 | 19 | CARE. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That the general statutes be amended to permit licensed clinical social 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | workers to perform certain roles performed by psychiatrists and 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | psychologists and to establish a review process for mental health care 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | roles located in schools, police departments and correction facilities to 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | determine whether such roles should require board certification. 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 29 | 29 | To increase the number of trained mental health care staff to address | |
| 30 | 30 | mental health needs. |