A bill for an act relating to mental health care, including subacute mental health care facility requirements; admission to and discharge from a subacute mental health care facility; employment requirements at a subacute mental health care facility; insurance coverage for subacute mental health care; and the establishment of a psychiatric medical institution for children bed tracking system, and providing penalties and including effective date provisions.

Summary

The bill requires subacute mental health facilities to write a treatment plan for each resident within 24 hours of admission and eliminates prior‑authorization requirements for admission and the first 15 days of care. It also limits how often managed‑care organizations can review medical necessity, obligates health carriers to cover subacute services, and creates an electronic bed‑tracking system for children’s psychiatric institutions.

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