• Date Due: November 01, 2024
  • Author: Secretary of Health and Human Resources
  • Enabling Authority: Chapter 696 Enactment Clause 2. (Regular Session, 2024)
  • Description:
    Report on the findings and recommendations of the work group convened to (i) evaluate the current availability of placements for individuals with neurocognitive disorders and neurodevelopmental disabilities who would otherwise be placed in state psychiatric hospitals; (ii) identify and develop placements and services other than state psychiatric hospitals that would better support such individuals, especially individuals whose behaviors or symptoms are solely a manifestation of such disorders and disabilities, including through enhanced Medicaid reimbursements and a Medicaid waiver for individuals with neurocognitive disorders; (iii) specify any additional funding or statutory changes needed to prevent inappropriate placements of such individuals in state psychiatric hospitals; and (iv) provide recommendations for training of magistrates and community services boards related to the implementation of Chapter 579 and Chapter 696 of the 2024 Acts of Assembly. [Reporting requirements of Chapter 579, Enactment Clause 2., of the 2024 Acts of Assembly, are identical.]