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Senate approves plan to consolidate behavioral health, 42-2 on second reading
Summary
The Senate adopted a committee amendment and gave S.2 a second reading by roll call, 42-2, to combine three state agencies into a new Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and create sub-offices for mental health, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and substance abuse.
The South Carolina Senate gave S.2 a second reading on Feb. 26 after adopting a committee amendment that would consolidate three state agencies into a single cabinet-level Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. A roll-call tally read later in the session recorded approval by 42 senators with 2 opposed.
Under the bill, the new cabinet agency would house three subordinate offices: the Office of Intellectual and Related Disabilities (replacing DDSN), the Office of Mental Health (replacing DMH), and the Office of Substance Abuse Services (replacing DAODIS). The cabinet-level director would be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the…
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