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AL SB282
Bill
Status
4/27/2011
Primary Sponsor
J.T. Waggoner
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AI Summary
SB282 Summary
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Amends Code of Alabama Sections 22-50-1 and 22-50-17 to replace terminology "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability" throughout mental health service definitions and regulations.
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Adds new definition of "Mental Illness or Substance Abuse Treatment" as professionally planned, managed, administered, or monitored clinical procedures or evidence-based interventions to identify, stabilize, minimize, or alleviate harmful consequences of substance-related or mental/emotional disorders.
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Exempts licensed professional counselors operating within the scope of their license from facility certification and licensing requirements for treating patients in private offices.
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Exempts churches or ministries that provide only religious services from facility certification requirements.
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Clarifies that the act does not mandate insurance policies to offer new coverage benefits or require additional payments, with effective date three months after Governor approval.
Legislative Description
Mental Health Department, licensure for care or treatment for mental or emotional illness or intellectual disability, licensed professional counselor and a church or ministry providing religious services excepted, mental illness and substance abuse treatment defined, Secs. 22-50-1, 22-50-17 am'd. (2011-20664)
Mental Health Department
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health
4/28/2011