HEALTH BILLS - 2025
PENDING BILLS
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SB1039 Department of Corrections; State Board of Local and Regional Jails; policies on inmate participation in telehealth.
Introduced by Stella G. Pekarsky [D]
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Requires the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to develop and implement policies for the accommodation in local, regional, state, and community correctional facilities of inmate participation in telehealth appointments, which shall include designating a private space for such telehealth appointments to occur. The bill requires the Department and the State Board to provide an update to the Joint Commission on Health Care by October 1, 2025, on (i) the status of the policies for the accommodation of inmate participation in telehealth appointments required to be developed and implemented pursuant to the provisions of this act; (ii) opportunities to expand telehealth programs in local, regional, state, and community correctional facilities; and (iii) recommended strategies to reduce gaps in or barriers to telehealth service delivery in such correctional facilities. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
1/7/2025 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
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FAILED
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HB 988 Correctional facilities; behavioral health services in facilities, report.
Introduced by: Holly M. Seibold [D]
Behavioral health services in correctional facilities; report. Requires the Department of Corrections to report to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before October 1 of each year certain population statistics regarding the provision of behavioral health services to persons incarcerated in state correctional facilities. The bill also requires local correctional facilities to report to the State Board of Local and Regional Jails on or before October 1 of each year certain population statistics regarding the provision of behavioral health services to persons incarcerated in local correctional facilities and for the Board to report such statistics to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before December 1 of each year.
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01/29/24 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
02/01/24 House: Continued to 2025 in Rules by voice vote