Substitute Senate Bill No. 217, also known as Special Act No. 24-10, is a legislative act aimed at creating a universal patient intake form for recipients of behavioral health services for children. The bill mandates that by January 1, 2025, the Commissioner of Public Health must assemble a working group to develop recommendations for this intake form. The form is intended to capture comprehensive information about a patient's medical and behavioral health history, including treatment history, diagnoses, family history, current and past prescription medication use, the specific conditions and concerns prompting treatment, and any other information deemed necessary by the working group to provide a full picture of the patient's behavioral health needs.

The working group will include various stakeholders such as the Commissioners of Public Health, Children and Families, and Mental Health and Addiction Services or their designees, the Behavioral Health Advocate, providers of behavioral health services for children, a nurse practitioner certified as a psychiatric mental health provider, a licensed marital and family therapist, a licensed master social worker, a representative of a mental or behavioral health advocacy organization, a parent or guardian of a child receiving behavioral health services, an individual over twenty-one who received such services as a child, and any additional members appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health. By January 1, 2026, the Department of Public Health is required to develop the universal patient intake form based on the working group's recommendations, establish requirements and guidelines for its use, and submit a report to the General Assembly's relevant committees detailing these recommendations, the form itself, and the associated requirements and guidelines. The act was approved on June 5, 2024.