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Committee advances bill barring denial of mental‑health services based on developmental disability
Summary
The House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services on May 20 voted to move Senate Bill 729 to the floor; the measure extends an existing prohibition on denying access to mental‑health services because of an intellectual or developmental disability to all public bodies and to people of all ages, the committee was told.
The House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services voted May 20 to move Senate Bill 729 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation, after a staff summary said the measure would expand a prohibition on denying mental‑health services to people with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Taylor, a committee staff member, summarized the bill, saying, “Senate bill 7 29 expands an existing prohibition against denying…
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