Mississippi Senate Bill 2610 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: Passed on July 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-07-08 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Enact The Rose Isabel Williams Mental Health Reform Act Of 2020; To Define Certain Terms; To Create The Position Of The Coordinator Of Mental Health Accessibility Within The Department Of Finance And Administration; To Provide That The Coordinator Shall Be Appointed By The Executive Director Of The Department And Shall Serve At The Will And Pleasure Of The Executive Director; To Provide The Minimum Qualifications Of The Coordinator And Provide For Payment Of The Expenses Of The Coordinator; To Require The Coordinator To Perform A Comprehensive Review Of The Mental Health System, To Consult With Certain Departments And Entities, To Review The Quarterly Financial Statements And Status Reports Of The Individual Community Mental Health Centers, To Determine Where In Any County Or Geographic Area Within A County The Delivery Or Availability Of Mental Health Services Are Inadequate, And To Report On The Status Of The Mental Health System To Certain Governmental Authorities; To Authorize The Coordinator To Hire Staff; To Authorize The Coordinator To Inspect Facilities Within The Mental Health System, To Interview Certain Persons, And To Access Certain Programs, Services, Documents And Materials; To Require The Coordinator To Communicate With The County Board Of Supervisors And The Regional Commission For The County Or Geographic Area Where Mental Health Services Are Inadequate To Determine If A Plan Is Being Executed Or Developed To Increase Access To Mental Health Services; To Have The Coordinator Assess The Viability Of Any Such Plan; To Require The Coordinator, When Any Such Plan Is Determined To Be Insufficient, To Develop And Implement His Or Her Own Plan To Facilitate Increased Access To Mental Health Services In The County Or Geographic Area Where Mental Health Services Are Inadequate; To Require The Coordinator To First Meet With The Board Of Supervisors Of The County In Which The Mental Health Services Are Inadequate And The Regional Commission In Which The County Is Located To Explain In Detail The Possible Consequences Of The Failure Of The County And Commission To Address The Inadequacy Of The Available Mental Health Services In The County Or The Geographic Area Within The County; To Require The Coordinator To Then Work With The Regional Commissions That Are Adjacent To The County Or The Geographic Area Where Mental Health Services Are Inadequate To Determine If One Of Those Regional Commissions Is Willing To Provide Those Services In The County Or Geographic Area; To Provide That If A Regional Commission Is Willing To Provide Those Services, The Coordinator Shall Take All Necessary Steps To Facilitate The Transfer Of The Responsibility Of Providing Those Services To That Regional Commission; To Provide That If No Regional Commission Adjacent To The County Or The Geographic Area Where Mental Health Services Are Inadequate Is Willing To Provide Those Services In The County Or Geographic Area, The Coordinator Then Shall Work With Nonadjacent Regional Commissions To Determine If One Of Those Regional Commissions Is Willing To Provide Those Services In The County Or Geographic Area; To Provide That If The Coordinator Determines That No Regional Commission In The State Is Willing To Provide The Necessary Mental Health Services In The County Or The Geographic Area Within The County Where The Services Are Inadequate, The Coordinator Shall Notify The State Board Of Mental Health; To Provide That The Board Then Shall Issue A Request For Proposals To Obtain Public Or Private Providers Of Mental Health Services To Provide The Necessary Mental Health Services In The County Or The Geographic Area Within The County Where The Services Are Inadequate; To Require Certain Agencies And The Regional Commissions To Cooperate With The Coordinator; To Amend Sections 41-4-7 And 41-19-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Regional Commission Is Placed On Probation By The State Department Of Mental Health For Deficiencies In The Commission's Plan Based On The Minimum Standards And Minimum Required Services, The Regional Commission Shall Develop A Sustainability Business Plan Within 30 Days Of Being Placed On Probation, Which Shall Include Policies To Address Certain Specified Matters; To Provide That The Department Shall Provide Orientation Training To All New Commissioners Of Regional Commissions And Annual Training For All Commissioners With Continuing Education Regarding The Mental Health System And Services; And For Related Purposes.

Coordinator of Mental Health Accessibility; establish.

Sen. Hob Bryan [D]	Sen. Michael McLendon [R]	Sen. David Jordan [D]	Sen. Joseph Thomas [D]
Sen. Robert Jackson [D]	Sen. John Horhn [D]	Sen. Kevin Blackwell [R]	Sen. Tammy Witherspoon [D]

2020-06-30 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-06-30 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 110 N: 1 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-06-12 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 110 N: 3 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-11 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-08		Approved by Governor
2020-07-02	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2020-07-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2020-06-30	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2020-06-30	House	Conference Report Adopted
2020-06-29	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2020-06-29	House	Conference Report Filed
2020-06-24	House	Conferees Named Mims,McGee,Scoggin
2020-06-22	Senate	Conferees Named Bryan,Hopson,Polk
2020-06-19	Senate	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2020-06-16	House	Returned For Concurrence
2020-06-12	House	Passed As Amended
2020-06-12	House	Amended
2020-06-03	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2020-03-25	House	Rereferred To Public Health and Human Services
2020-03-13	Senate	Transmitted To House
2020-03-11	Senate	Passed As Amended
2020-03-11	Senate	Amended
2020-03-11	Senate	Committee Substitute Failed
2020-02-26	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2020-02-17	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2610.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2610IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2610CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2610PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2610SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/sam/SB2610_S_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/SB2610_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/senate/0650026.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/house/1580005.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/house/1760011.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/senate/1760008.pdf