Article archive / April 1, 2016
Originally published: . Volume 7, No. 4. Source pages: 5.
House Bill 763 aimed to create and support “intervention and stabilization units” by the human services districts, passed the House and will be heard presently in the Senate Health & Welfare committee.
The proposed law defines the “intervention and stabilization unit” as a type of crisis receiving center in which a staff of mental health and behavioral health specialists provide a high level of screening and assessment to people experiencing mental health or behavioral health crises.
The digest for the proposal notes that the purpose is 1) To properly connect patients experiencing mental health or behavioral health crises to either acute or ongoing community-based treatment; (2) To diminish the need in a community for recurrent crisis services for persons suffering from mental illness, substance abuse, or both conditions; and (3) To serve as a crisis continuum component that assists law enforcement officers, hospital emergency departments, and jails by treating persons with mental health and behavioral health conditions in an appropriate setting.
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