Requests hospitals and behavioral health facilities, including those treating both mental illness and substance abuse, in enumerated behavioral health services regions to report on certain matters impacting mental health services
Creates the Office of Children's Mental and Behavioral Health within the Office of the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services. (BDR 39-358)
Authorizes the Louisiana Department of Health office of behavioral health to conduct reviews of deaths of persons served by the office
Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to promulgate rules and regulations to create an exception to facility need review procedures for certain behavioral health service providers
Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to implement a digital platform to facilitate access to behavioral health services for certain conditions
Establishes a core state behavioral health crisis services system, to be administered by the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.
Urges and requests a joint subcommittee to study the coordination of care for persons receiving mental health services in community-based and institutional settings
Amends laws relative to behavioral health and mental health to provide for current practice and appropriate terminology
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)
Establishes a core state behavioral health crisis services system, to be administered by the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.