LD1989

Allows mental health care providers to seek reimbursement for legal costs to initiate or renew progressive treatment programs.

This bill amends the law to allow private mental health care providers to seek reimbursement from the state for legal costs incurred in initiating or renewing progressive treatment programs. The Department of Health and Human Services will reimburse these costs, up to a maximum of $800, subject to available funds. This change expands the current law, which only allowed reimbursement for initiating such programs.