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SCR108................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE - TREATMENT - Stating findings of the
Legislature and requesting that an independent contractor be engaged to
review Idaho's current mental health and substance abuse treatment delivery
system.
02/12 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
02/14 10th Ord - ADOPTED - 32-0-3
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Geddes, Goedde, Hammond,
Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Lodge, Malepeai,
McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway,
Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Cameron, Gannon, Little
Floor Sponsor - Stegner
Title apvd - to House
02/15 House intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/01 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/02 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/06 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 69-0-1
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew,
Clark, Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart,
Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Lake,
LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould,
Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass,
Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr.
Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Labrador
Floor Sponsors - Henbest & Block
Title apvd - To Senate
03/07 To enrol
03/08 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/09 To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE SENATE
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 108
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND REQUESTING THAT AN INDEPENDENT CON-
3 TRACTOR BE ENGAGED TO REVIEW IDAHO'S CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE
4 ABUSE TREATMENT DELIVERY SYSTEM.
5 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 WHEREAS, in 2006, the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-eighth Idaho
7 Legislature adopted House Concurrent Resolution No. 63 which authorized the
8 Legislative Council to appoint a committee to undertake and complete a study
9 of the current mental health and substance abuse treatment delivery system in
10 Idaho, to review alternative ways to provide these services, and to submit a
11 final report to the First Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legisla-
12 ture; and
13 WHEREAS, the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Interim Committee held four
14 meetings across the state and considered testimony from state agencies, numer-
15 ous groups representing both patients and providers, as well as individuals
16 whose families have accessed or attempted to access mental health and sub-
17 stance abuse treatment services in Idaho; and
18 WHEREAS, the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Interim Committee deter-
19 mined that the state of Idaho needs to conduct an objective and more thorough
20 review of Idaho's current mental health and substance abuse treatment delivery
21 systems in order to address possible solutions.
22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
23 of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa-
24 tives concurring therein, that the Legislative Council is requested to engage
25 an independent contractor to review Idaho's current mental health and sub-
26 stance abuse treatment delivery system. The independent contractor would
27 assess treatment capacity, cost, eligibility standards, and areas of responsi-
28 bility, and would make recommendations for how to improve Idaho's current sys-
29 tem by creating appropriate oversight and service levels for a state system.
30 Study areas and components would include, but not be limited to:
31 a. Creation of a mental health and substance abuse treatment system spe-
32 cifically designed for children and their families to receive immedi-
33 ate treatment.
34 b. Determine whether there is a lead agency in Idaho responsible for
35 paying for and coordinating services regardless of where an individ-
36 ual enters the mental health or substance abuse system and study the
37 possibility of restructuring the current system via the creation of a
38 separate agency combining mental health and substance abuse services
39 in Idaho.
40 c. Review the capacity of the current state hospital system as well as
41 the need for voluntary commitments, beds for children in psychiatric
42 crisis, and the need for state hospital services in the Treasure Val-
43 ley.
44 d. Review the need for crisis intervention training at all levels of
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1 public safety.
2 e. Regarding the offender population, study the creation of one specific
3 agency responsible to conduct a range of assessments prior to sen-
4 tencing in order to coordinate treatment and support alternatives to
5 incarceration.
6 f. Increase the number of probation officers so caseloads shrink and
7 probation officers can more closely interact with the rehabilitated
8 offenders.
9 g. Evaluation of the concept of a regionally-based mental health and
10 substance abuse treatment delivery system, including a review of
11 other states with such a system and any positive results or shortcom-
12 ings of such systems.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative Health Care Task Force shall
14 be the oversight body for the study and the results of the study shall be
15 reported to the Health and Welfare and Judiciary and Rules germane committees
16 during the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature.
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16925
This concurrent resolution is a recommendation of the Interim
Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse that met during
the past summer and fall of 2006. This concurrent resolution
recommends that the Legislative Council initiate an independent
contract for the development of an implementation plan for the
improvement of Idaho's current mental health and substance abuse
treatment delivery system. The plan would assess the treatment
capacity, cost, eligibility standards, and areas of
responsibility of Idaho's current treatment systems and would
make recommendations for the coordination and re-alignment of
those systems. The resolution specifies at least seven
components to be considered by the plan and directs that the
final report and recommendations be delivered to the legislature
next year.
FISCAL NOTE
The cost of the implementation plan is expected to be $250,000.
Contact Name:
Senator Joe Stegner
Phone: 208 332-1308
Representative Sharon Block
Senator Joyce Broadsword
Representative Margaret Henbest
Senator Chuck Coiner
Representative Jo An Wood
Senator Elliot Werk
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SCR 108