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SR 32 - Mental Hlth, Retardation,Substance Abuse Serv.Delivery St.Comm.-create

Madden, Eddie M (47th)	Dean, Nathan (31st)	Gillis, Sr., Hugh M (20th)

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A resolution creating the Senate Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Service Delivery Study Committee.

SR 32  99                                          LC 11 9700 
 
      SENATE RESOLUTION 32 
 
      By:  Senators Madden of the 47th, Dean of the 31st, 
           Gillis of the 20th and others 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Creating the Senate Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and 
  1- 2  Substance Abuse Service Delivery Study Committee; and for 
  1- 3  other purposes. 
 
  1- 4  WHEREAS, House Bill 100, enacted in 1993, reorganized the 
  1- 5  delivery of mental health, mental retardation, and substance 
  1- 6  abuse services to make it more responsive to the needs of 
  1- 7  consumers of those services and their families; and 
 
  1- 8  WHEREAS, the reorganization has resulted in tremendous 
  1- 9  improvements in those services; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, the powers of regional service boards and community 
  1-11  service boards to direct the funding and provision of those 
  1-12  services have enabled the state to move from institutional 
  1-13  to community based services; and 
 
  1-14  WHEREAS, there is a need to investigate how effectively the 
  1-15  reorganization has worked to determine if some minor 
  1-16  adjustments might substantially improve the services. 
 
  1-17  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that there is 
  1-18  created the Senate Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and 
  1-19  Substance Abuse Service Delivery Study Committee to be 
  1-20  composed of five members of the Senate to be appointed by 
  1-21  the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate 
  1-22  shall designate a member of the committee as chairperson of 
  1-23  the committee.  The chairperson shall call all meetings of 
  1-24  the committee. 
 
  1-25  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a 
  1-26  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems 
  1-27  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions 
  1-28  or legislation which the committee deems necessary or 
  1-29  appropriate.  The committee may conduct such meetings at 
  1-30  such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or 
  1-31  convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively 
  1-32  its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the 
  1-33  objectives and purposes of this resolution.  The members of 
  1-34  the committee shall receive the allowances authorized for 
  1-35  legislative members of interim legislative committees but 
  1-36  shall receive the same for not more than ten days unless 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  additional days are authorized.  The funds necessary to 
  2- 2  carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from 
  2- 3  the funds appropriated to the Senate.  In the event the 
  2- 4  committee makes a report of its findings and 
  2- 5  recommendations, with suggestions for proposed legislation, 
  2- 6  if any, such report shall be made on or before December 1, 
  2- 7  1999.  The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 
  2- 8  1999. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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