Creates the Office of Children's Mental and Behavioral Health within the Office of the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services. (BDR 39-358)

From the Legislature

AN ACT relating to mental health; revising the duties of the Commission on Behavioral Health; creating the Office of Children's Mental and Behavioral Health within the Office of the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services; requiring certain entities to coordinate with and submit certain documents to the Office; establishing the powers and duties of the Office; providing for the appointment of a Director of the Office; eliminating the subcommittee on the mental health of children of the Commission on Behavioral Health; requiring the Office to take certain steps toward the establishment of a Children's Behavioral Health Center of Excellence; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.