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Committee advances resolution to study services and funding for patients with co-occurring conditions
Summary
SCR 149 SD1, requesting an informal Department of Health working group to assess services for people with co-occurring substance use, mental-health and chronic physical conditions, was adopted after testimony from providers and advocates who urged integrated, residential and coordinated care models and noted federal grant opportunities for pilot projects.
The House Committee on Health on April 17 adopted SCR 149 SD1, directing the Department of Health to establish an informal working group to assess services and funding needs for complex patients with two or more diagnoses that include substance use disorder, mental illness or chronic physical illness.
Alan Johnson of the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition said the measure marks "evolution" in state policy because…
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