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Mental‑health advisory committee outlines legislative priorities including parity, AI risks and a voluntary firearm‑storage pilot
Summary
The Overland Park mental‑health advisory committee advised the Public Safety Committee to watch parity implementation, social‑media impacts, and AI in therapy, and described 'armory' pilots to voluntarily hold firearms for people at risk of suicide, along with distribution of gun locks.
At the same meeting, the committee heard from Tim Deweese of the Johnson County Mental Health Center and the city's Mental Health Advisory Committee, which presented five priority topics for state legislative consideration and local coordination.
Deweese said the advisory group will continue to push for effective mental‑health parity — aligning mental‑health treatment expectations with those for physical illnesses — while recognizing much of the work requires state action and implementation detail beyond local…
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