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Committee gives favorable report to bill changing governance and meeting rules for local mental‑health boards
Summary
House Bill 425 would require certain local mental‑health (3‑10) boards with executive committees to include a probate judge and a sheriff (or designee) on the executive committee, allow virtual attendance consistent with Open Meetings law, and add diversity provisions; the committee approved the bill with one member recorded as opposed.
Vice Chairman Representative Betzel presented House Bill 425, which makes several changes to governance of local ‘‘3‑10’’ mental‑health boards that oversee community mental‑health authorities. Betzel said the bill would require that, for boards with 16 or more members that maintain an executive committee, the executive committee include a probate judge and a sheriff (or the sheriff's designee) to support continuity of care with the court…
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