MA S1164

Bill

Relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
07/23/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

AI Summary

This bill proposes to create a pilot program at Taunton State Hospital to accept medically stable, high-acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients (those with a mental illness and a substance abuse problem) from emergency departments in the Southeast region. The program would provide care for these patients for up to 14 days until an appropriate placement is found, in order to alleviate overcrowding in emergency departments. The program would be operated by the Department of Mental Health and would be evaluated after two years to assess its effectiveness in decreasing emergency department overcrowding and the quality of care provided.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (8)

Jamie Eldridge (D), Pat Haddad (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Patrick O'Connor (R), Marc Pacheco (D), Becca Rausch (D), Dave Robertson (D), Walter Timilty (D),

Last Action

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (on 07/23/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1164

(11 Companion Bills)

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Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1164
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1164.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1001	Relative to behavioral health telemedicine	Accompanied a study order, see H5160	Similar To
H1143	Relative to funding the Behavioral Health Workforce Development Trust Fund	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Similar To
H1159	Requiring MassHealth behavioral health care carve out contracts to be subject to the freedom of information statute	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1160	Relative to behavioral health emergency services	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1720	Relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments	Accompanied S1164	Replaces
H1733	Improving access to behavioral health services	Accompanied a study order, see H5099	Similar To
S1152	To improve access to behavioral health services	Accompanied a study order, see S2888	Similar To
S1153	To remove administrative barriers to behavioral health services	Accompanied a study order, see S2888	Similar To
S691	To require equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S713	Relative to patient centered access to behavioral health services in accountable care organizations	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S730	To require equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To

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