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Senate backs behavioral‑health system overhaul bill with amendments to strengthen confidentiality and consolidate commissions
Summary
Second Substitute Senate Bill 27, a behavioral‑health system reform measure developed with multi‑stakeholder input, advanced after floor amendments to clarify reporting lines, strengthen data confidentiality protections, and consolidate existing boards under a new umbrella commission.
Senators on Feb. 9 advanced Second Substitute Senate Bill 27, a broad package of behavioral‑health system amendments described by Sen. Vickers as the product of roughly a year‑and‑a‑half of stakeholder work.
Vickers told the chamber the bill creates a new umbrella commission to oversee behavioral‑health strategy, aims to reduce duplicative boards and commissions, and proposes a five‑member legislative policy‑review committee to act as a bridge between the…
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