Plan for Geropsychiatric Services

Item 319 #3c

Language
Page 285, line 44, strike "$234,305,479" and insert "$234,755,479".

Page 286, after line 29, insert:

"D.1.  Out of this appropriation, up to $450,000 the first year from the general fund shall be provided to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to develop and issue a request for proposals to hire a contractor  to develop a comprehensive plan for the publicly funded geropsychiatric system of care in Virginia.  The plan shall address the appropriate array of community services and state geropsychiatric facility services upon which Virginia's behavioral health system should be modeled.  The plan shall address relevant state and federal requirements as well as the need for the state to serve as the provider of last resort and forensic services.  The plan shall include an assessment of: (i) the level of care required for individuals residing in state geropsychiatric facilities;  (ii) current and historical admission and discharge trends by locality; (iii) the number of individuals on the Extraordinary Barriers List and others who may be clinically ready for discharge, and option to overcome the barriers to discharge; (iv) short and long-term inpatient psychiatric services capacity; (v) the availability of an appropriate array of community based services in each region served by the state geriatric hospitals; and (vi) models of care in other states that demonstrate best practices, integrated service delivery, and appropriate hospital services.  The department shall include staff from the Department of Planning and Budget and the Department of Health on the RFP review and selection team.  

2. The plan shall be provided to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees and the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Twenty-First Century by November 15, 2016.

3. The Department of Planning and Budget shall unallot these funds on July 1, 2016 and shall not allot these funds until documentation is provided showing the contract award amount."