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Alabama House updates mental-health board membership, adds virtual meeting rules
Summary
Lawmakers passed HB 425 to change membership and participation rules for local mental‑health (3.10) boards, adding stakeholder seats, clarifying executive‑committee representation and allowing meetings under the Alabama Open Meetings Act to include virtual participation.
The Alabama House on a unanimous voice vote adopted legislation (HB 425) changing how local community mental‑health boards are composed and how they can meet, including a new option for virtual participation.
Representative Rex Besso, sponsor of HB 425, said the bill is a collaborative effort among county commissions, the Alabama Department of Mental Health, community behavioral health providers and advocacy groups. The bill directs that local mental‑health boards must reflect the geographic and stakeholder diversity of the areas they serve and clarifies how executive committees are formed when more than one…
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