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SB 1338: Behavioral Health Services

GENERAL BILL by Detert

Behavioral Health Services; Citing this act as the “Excellence in Behavioral Health Act”; creating the Behavioral Health Task Force within the Department of Children and Families; authorizing counties to fund treatment-based mental health court programs; requiring the Department of Children and Families to designate qualifying organizations as community behavioral health centers; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to implement a prospective payment methodology for reimbursement rates at community behavioral health centers, etc. APPROPRIATION: $110,468,252

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/25/2015 Senate • Filed
3/2/2015 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 127
3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 127
5/1/2015 Senate • Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs