Substitute Senate Bill No. 217, also known as Special Act No. 24-10, mandates the creation of a universal patient intake form for children receiving behavioral health services. The Commissioner of Public Health is required to assemble a working group by January 1, 2025, to develop recommendations for this form. The form is to include a comprehensive set of questions regarding the patient's medical and behavioral health history, the specific conditions and concerns prompting treatment, and any other information deemed necessary by the working group to accurately represent the patient's behavioral health needs.

The working group will be composed of various stakeholders, including commissioners or their designees from Public Health, Children and Families, and Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Behavioral Health Advocate, providers of behavioral health services for children, a nurse practitioner, a licensed marital and family therapist, a licensed master social worker, a representative from a mental or behavioral health advocacy organization, a parent or guardian of a child currently receiving behavioral health services, an adult who received such services as a child, and any additional members selected by the Commissioner of Public Health. By January 1, 2026, the Department of Public Health must develop the universal patient intake form, establish requirements and guidelines for its use, and submit a report to the General Assembly's relevant committees detailing the recommendations, the form itself, and the accompanying requirements and guidelines. The act was approved on June 5, 2024. There are no specific insertions or deletions from current law indicated in the provided text.