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Counties, sheriffs and mental-health officials press for more capacity and timeline changes on priority admissions (SF2628); DCT warns of safety and feasibility
Summary
Senate File 2628, brought to the committee by county and law-enforcement leaders, would expand state treatment capacity and change priority-admissions rules intended to move people civilly committed into appropriate state-operated facilities more quickly.
County leaders, prosecutors, sheriffs and advocates urged the Senate Human Services Committee on May 20 to address long waits for people civilly committed to state-operated behavioral-health treatment by increasing capacity and improving transparency. Senator Clare Rasmussen’s bill, Senate File 2628, proposes several changes: a dashboard to report waitlist metrics, protections so counties are not billed for ‘‘do not meet medical criteria’’ (DNMC) costs when the delay is caused by lack of state capacity, the ability for correctional facilities to bill Direct Care and Treatment (DCT) for care after 30 days in custody, and capacity increases at state forensic and community psychiatric…
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