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HB 1663 Mental health services; conditions for licensure of providers.

Introduced by: Kenneth C. Alexander (by request) | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Conditions for licensure of providers of mental health services.  Provides that the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall not grant an initial license to a provider of mental health services other than a licensed hospital or a provider owned or operated by an agency of the Commonwealth  if the provider is to be located within one-half mile of a public or private licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school. The bill also provides that upon receiving notice of a proposal or application for licensure of a provider of mental health services, the Commissioner shall notify the local governing body and community services board of the locality in which the service is proposed to be established within 15 days of receiving such proposal or application, and that the local governing body and community services board shall submit comments on the proposal or application to the Commissioner within 30 days. The bill does not apply to applicants for a license to provide mental health services that have obtained a certificate of occupancy in accordance with the law and regulations in effect on June 30, 2011, or existing licensed providers proposing services within the same city or county in which they are currently providing services.


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