Bill Text: OH HB68 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To create the Ohio Council to Reform Behavioral Health Care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-01 - To Health & Aging [HB68 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB68-Introduced.html
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Representative Burke
Cosponsors:
Representatives Adams, J., Balderson, Combs, Derickson, Hackett, Huffman, Stebelton, Sears
| To create the Ohio Council to Reform Behavioral | 1 |
| Health Care. | 2 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. (A) There is hereby created the Ohio Council to | 3 |
| Reform Behavioral Health Care. The Council shall conduct a | 4 |
| complete review of the state's behavioral health system and make | 5 |
| recommendations for achieving comprehensive reform of, and cost | 6 |
| containment within, the system. | 7 |
| (B) The Council shall consist of nine members. Not later than | 8 |
| sixty days after the effective date of this section, the Governor, | 9 |
| the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of | 10 |
| Representatives shall each appoint three members. All members | 11 |
| shall be selected for their expertise in the field of behavioral | 12 |
| health care or for their experience as recipients of behavioral | 13 |
| health care services. | 14 |
| Each member of the Council shall serve at the pleasure of the | 15 |
| member's appointing authority. A vacancy shall be filled in the | 16 |
| same manner as the original appointment. | 17 |
| A member shall serve without compensation, except to the | 18 |
| extent that serving on the Council is considered part of the | 19 |
| member's regular duties of employment. | 20 |
| (C) Not later than thirty days after the original | 21 |
| appointments to the Council are made, the Council shall convene | 22 |
| its first meeting and elect from among its members a chairperson. | 23 |
| The chairperson shall be responsible for convening all meetings | 24 |
| and for keeping meeting attendance records and minutes. | 25 |
| A Council member may attend a Council meeting by | 26 |
| participating in a conference call, but only if the purpose of the | 27 |
| meeting is to gather information, there are no votes scheduled to | 28 |
| be taken at the meeting, and a room is made available for the | 29 |
| public to observe the meeting. By participating in the conference | 30 |
| call, the member shall be considered present at the meeting. In | 31 |
| the event that the Council finds it necessary to take a vote at | 32 |
| the meeting, a member in attendance by conference call may not | 33 |
| participate in the vote. | 34 |
| (D) The Department of Mental Health, the Department of | 35 |
| Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, and the Department of Job and | 36 |
| Family Services shall provide meeting space, staff services, and | 37 |
| technical assistance as necessary for the Council to carry out its | 38 |
| duties. To the extent possible, staff services and technical | 39 |
| assistance shall be provided by individuals who are employees of | 40 |
| the departments on the effective date of this section. | 41 |
| (E) Not later than January 1, 2012, the Council shall submit | 42 |
| a written report of its findings and recommendations to the | 43 |
| Governor and, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised | 44 |
| Code, the General Assembly. On the submission of the report, the | 45 |
| Council shall cease to exist. | 46 |
