HB4317 - Commission on Mental Health Reform Act

• Creates a Commission on Mental Health Reform composed of at least 37 members appointed by the Secretary of Human Services, including state agency directors, legislators, mental health clinicians, providers, advocates, and individuals with lived experience with mental health issues.

• Commission is chaired by the Secretary of Human Services and must convene within 3 months of the Act's effective date; first meeting must occur before the Department of Human Services provides administrative support.

• Commission shall assess mental health care needs, identify service gaps across geographic areas, and produce annual reports with policy recommendations to the General Assembly and Governor, with representatives testifying before legislative committees each March.

• Annual reports must address mental health workforce development, insurance coverage reform, community-based services expansion, housing support, care for incarcerated individuals, and compliance with 10 specified consent decrees relating to mental health services across state departments.

• Commission dissolves 5 years after the Act's effective date; the Act itself repeals 6 years after enactment.