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STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
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S.P. 876 - L.D. 2083
Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to
Establish a Stakeholder Group to Study Timely Access to Psychiatric
Medication Management Services Across the State
Sec. 1. Department of Health and Human Services to establish stakeholder
group to study timely access to psychiatric medication management services
across the State. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services shall
convene a stakeholder group to study access to psychiatric medication management
services across the State. The study must examine:
1. The availability of psychiatric medication management services across the State,
including a review of geographic and other disparities in accessing psychiatric medication
management services;
2. The availability of psychiatric nurse practitioners to provide psychiatric medication
management services; and
3. Challenges to sustaining and expanding the psychiatric nurse practitioner
workforce, including an examination of educational opportunities, financial support for the
education of nurse practitioners and the availability of nurse educators to train nurse
practitioners.
The department shall include in the stakeholder group psychiatric nurse practitioners
who currently deliver psychiatric medication management services, physicians who
currently deliver psychiatric medication management services, consumers and family
members of consumers of medication management services, advocates for mental health
services, experts in increasing the mental health workforce, representatives of the
Department of Labor, representatives of the Finance Authority of Maine, representatives
of educational institutions that train psychiatric nurse practitioners and representatives of
professional associations for psychiatric nurse practitioners.
Sec. 2. Report. That the Department of Health and Human Services shall
report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and
human services matters no later than February 1, 2025 on the study under section 1. The
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE
MARCH 26, 2024
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joint standing committee may report out legislation related to the report to the 132nd
Legislature in 2025.