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HCS/SB 660 - This act modifies several provisions relating to mental health, including: (1) Department of Mental Health contracts; (2) Department of Mental Health standing in certain hearings; (3) Department of Mental Health inspections; and (4) working hours in certain mental health facilities. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CONTRACTS (Section 208.217) Current law permits the Department of Social Services to enter into contracts with an entity for the provision of the medical insurance information of certain persons applying for or receiving MO HealthNet benefits. Such information is limited to those insurance benefits that could have been claimed and paid by an insurance policy or are otherwise covered by MO HealthNet. Under this act, the Department of Mental Health may enter into such contracts for the medical insurance information of persons receiving Department of Mental Health services. This provision is identical to SB 1083 (2018) and HB 2716 (2018). DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH STANDING IN CERTAIN HEARINGS (Section 552.020) This act provides that after a person accused of committing a crime has been committed to the Department of Mental Health due to lack of mental fitness to stand trial, the legal counsel for the Department shall have standing to participate in hearings regarding involuntary medications for the accused and motions to proceed. This provision is identical to HB 1970 (2018) and substantially similar to SCS/SB 661 (2018). DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH INSPECTIONS (Section 630.745) This act removes the requirement that a written correction order be sent, by certified mail, to the head of a facility or program inspected by the Department of Mental Health. Instead, the correction order shall be sent to the facility or program at the facility or program's address. Additionally, this act changes the time period for a reinspection from 55 days after the original inspection to 60 days after the original inspection. This provision is identical to SB 1095 (2018), HB 2611 (2018), and SB 532 (2017). WORKING HOURS IN CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES (Section 630.945) This act exempts the first Sunday of November each year when Daylight Saving Time ends from current law requirements that limit the number of hours a state employee may work in a 24 hour period in certain secured mental health facilities. This provision is identical to SCS/SB 229 (2017). SARAH HASKINS HA#1: PROVIDES MO HEALTHNET SERVICES TO CERTAIN WOMEN RECEIVING SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT HA#2: ESTABLISHES POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS AWARENESS DAY HA#3: ESTABLISHES THE PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT HA#4: PERMITS CERTAIN PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, ASSISTANT PHYSICIANS, AND ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES TO PROVIDE PSYCHIATRIC CARE TO CERTAIN PATIENTS HA#5: REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO ESTABLISH TREATMENT PROTOCOLS FOR OPIOID-DEPENDENT PATIENTS
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