Children, Families, Health and Human Services
1999-2000

Minutes:

• June 15, 1999

• August 20, 1999

• November 19, 1999

• February 25, 2000

• June 21, 2000

• August 17, 2000

Staff Reports:

• Final Report for the Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee:
  • Who Is Minding the Children? Susan Byorth Fox, November 2000
  
  
• Reports for the House Joint Resolution No. 35 Subcommittee on Mental Health:
  • Various Committees' Roles and Responsibilities Regarding
    Study of the Public Mental Health System,
    Susan Byorth Fox, August 1999
  • Overview regarding Training for Law Enforcement Officers
    on Mental Health Issues,
    Susan Byorth Fox, March 2000

• Report for the Subcommittee on the Tobacco Settlement
  • Tobacco Settlement Proceeds and Why Children and Families Interim Committee is Studying Them as a Public Health Issue,
    Susan Byorth Fox, February 2000

Study Plans:

• Work Plan

Miscellaneous:

• Children, Families, Health, and Human Services final recommendation for legislation:
  
  • House Bill No. 38: Purchase state surplus vehicles for participants in state TANF-funded programs (preintroduced offical version)
  • House Joint Resolution No. 35 Subcommittee of the Legislative Finance Committee on Mental Health/ Managed Care:

    Member of he Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Committee that served on the HJ 35 Subcommittee reviewed the following DRAFT legislation. Legislation that was approved has been requested by the Legislative Finance Committee:

  • Revision of laws relating to mental health managed care(offical version)
  • Senate Joint Resolution No. 2: Training and education of law enforcement and other groups on mental health issues (preintroduced official version)
  • Revision of laws for mental health managed care ombudsman (official version)
  • Advanced practice registered nurses as professional persons and medication responsibilities in mental health facilities. (official version)
  • Video teleconferencing for mental illness hearings (official version)
  • Study resolution on MH services by members of Legislative Finance Committee and other Interim Committees (official version)

• Final Recommendations

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