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IN SCR0007
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Directs the Division of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA) to develop plans to reduce tobacco use in DMHA-operated facilities and in any provider facilities receiving state funding for mental illness and addiction services
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Requires any developed plan to include a treatment component to provide treatment services for tobacco use
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Directs DMHA to report the tobacco reduction plans to the Indiana Commission on Mental Health during the 2010 interim
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Notes that three-fourths of smokers have a history of mental illness or addiction and that persons with mental disorders consume over 40% of cigarettes smoked in the United States
Legislative Description
Urging FSSA to develop plans to reduce tobacco use in state facilities.
Last Action
Referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures
3/3/2010