Existing law establishes a regional mental health consortium in each county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) and one regional mental health consortium in the region that comprises all other counties. (NRS 433B.333) Section 7 of this bill: (1) creates a statewide mental health consortium to represent all regional mental health consortia established by existing law; and (2) prescribes the membership of the statewide mental health consortium. Section 9 of this bill prescribes the powers and duties of the statewide mental health consortium, which include representing all regional mental health consortia and taking certain other actions related to the mental health of children. Existing law requires each regional mental health consortium to prepare and submit to the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services a long-term strategic plan for the provision of mental health services to children with emotional disturbance within the jurisdiction of the consortium and certain other materials relating to the plan. (NRS 433B.335) Section 8 of this bill requires each regional mental health consortium to submit its long-term strategic plan and certain information concerning the implementation of the long-term strategic plan to the Administrator of the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department. Section 8 exempts the statewide mental health consortium from the requirement to develop a long-term strategic plan. Sections 2.5 and 10 of this bill make conforming changes to clarify that only a mental health consortium that represents a particular region is required to submit such a long-term strategic plan. Existing law requires the Commission on Behavioral Health to appoint a subcommittee on the mental health of children to review each long-term strategic plan submitted by a mental health consortium that represents a particular region. (NRS 433.317) Section 2.5 requires that subcommittee to include two members of the statewide mental health consortium. Existing law prescribes the number of legislative measures which may be requested by various departments, agencies and other entities of this State for each regular session of the Legislature. (NRS 218D.100-218D.220) Section 12 of this bill authorizes the statewide mental health consortium and each regional mental health consortium to request the drafting of not more than 1 legislative measure for each regular session of the Legislature. Section 13 of this bill makes a conforming change by indicating the proper placement of section 12 in the Nevada Revised Statutes.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 433.314, 433.316, 433.395, 433B.333, 433B.335, 433B.337, 433B.339, 435.490, 218D.100, 433.317
Reprint 1: 433.317, 433B.333, 433B.335, 433B.337, 433B.339, 218D.100
As Enrolled: 433.317, 433B.333, 433B.335, 433B.337, 433B.339, 218D.100
BDR: 433.314, 433.316, 433.395, 433B.333, 433B.335, 433B.337, 433B.339, 435.490, 218D.100, 433.317