Bill Summaries: H79 (2011-2012 Session)

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  • Summary date: Feb 10 2011 - View summary

    Directs the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services of the Department of Health and Human Services to report, as title indicates, by September 1, 2011. Requires that the report include a comprehensive statewide analysis of the number of times, between January 1, 2011, and June 30, 2011, that individuals diagnosed with a mental illness utilized hospital emergency departments, as detailed, and a plan for reducing the length of stay for those individuals.