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2015 SESSION
SB 1410 Crisis intervention specialists; community services boards and behavioral health authorities.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Crisis intervention specialists; community services
boards; behavioral health authorities; emergency custody or temporary
detention. Provides for the certification of crisis intervention
specialists and crisis intervention specialist licensed clinical supervisors.
The bill also requires community services boards and behavioral health
authorities to employ or contract with certified crisis intervention
specialists for evaluations for emergency custody or temporary detention. Those provisions have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020. The bill also requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to develop an implementation plan and timetable for the implementation of the provisions of this bill by January 1, 2016.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Crisis intervention specialists; community services boards; behavioral health authorities; emergency custody or temporary detention. Provides for the certification of crisis intervention specialists and crisis intervention specialist licensed clinical supervisors. The bill also requires community services boards and behavioral health authorities to employ or contract with certified crisis intervention specialists for evaluations for emergency custody or temporary detention.