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SR 23 - Senate Study Comm. on Mental Health Care Delivery Sys. - create

Hecht, Greg K. (34th)	Hooks, George (14th)	Lee, Daniel W. (29th)

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A resolution creating the Senate Study Committee on the Mental Health Care Delivery System.

SR 23  99                                          LC 24 1277 
 
      SENATE RESOLUTION 23 
 
      By:  Senators Hecht of the 34th, Hooks of the 14th, 
           Lee of the 29th and others 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Creating the Senate Study Committee on the Mental Health 
  1- 2  Care Delivery System; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, the mental health care delivery system in Georgia 
  1- 4  is based on definitions which may or may not serve the needs 
  1- 5  of all persons suffering from mental disabilities; and 
 
  1- 6  WHEREAS, children known as "gray area children" are often 
  1- 7  excluded from the mental health care delivery system due to 
  1- 8  definitions which exclude these children; and 
 
  1- 9  WHEREAS, these gray area children often grow into adults 
  1-10  without ever receiving adequate care; and 
 
  1-11  WHEREAS, families are put under tremendous financial and 
  1-12  emotional strain to care for gray area children and adults 
  1-13  who do not fit into the traditional, narrow definitions 
  1-14  which, under the present legislative framework, allow for 
  1-15  limited mental health care delivery including medical and 
  1-16  respite care; and 
 
  1-17  WHEREAS, it is appropriate that careful consideration be 
  1-18  given to changing the traditional definition of mentally 
  1-19  disabled; and 
 
  1-20  WHEREAS, a study needs to be made of the budgetary and 
  1-21  demand consequences on any changes in present definitions 
  1-22  within the mental health care delivery system; and 
 
  1-23  WHEREAS, a review of the treatment under the present mental 
  1-24  health care delivery system of gray area children and adults 
  1-25  and a review of measures which may need to be taken to offer 
  1-26  substantive care to gray area children and adults should be 
  1-27  undertaken. 
 
  1-28  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that there is 
  1-29  created the Senate Study Committee on the Mental Health Care 
  1-30  Delivery System  to be composed of five members of the 
  1-31  Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate.  The 
  1-32  President of the Senate shall designate a member of the 
  1-33  committee as chairperson of the committee.  The chairperson 
  1-34  shall call all meetings of the committee. 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a 
  2- 2  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems 
  2- 3  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions 
  2- 4  or legislation which the committee deems necessary or 
  2- 5  appropriate.  The committee may conduct such meetings at 
  2- 6  such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or 
  2- 7  convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively 
  2- 8  its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the 
  2- 9  objectives and purposes of this resolution.  The members of 
  2-10  the committee shall receive the allowances authorized for 
  2-11  legislative members of interim legislative committees but 
  2-12  shall receive the same for not more than five days unless 
  2-13  additional days are authorized.  The funds necessary to 
  2-14  carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from 
  2-15  the funds appropriated to the Senate.  In the event the 
  2-16  committee makes a report of its findings and 
  2-17  recommendations, with suggestions for proposed legislation, 
  2-18  if any, such report shall be made on or before December 1, 
  2-19  1999. The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 
  2-20  1999. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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