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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Deeds
Turnover and Vacancy Rates of State Hospitals (language only)

Item 302 #1s

Item 302 #1s

Health and Human Resources
Mental Health Treatment Centers

Language

Page 374, after line 29, insert:

"I. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall report to the Behavioral Health Commission no later than December 1 of each year on average turnover and vacancy rates and salary competitiveness, by hospital and position type, for the state's psychiatric hospitals. Reports shall be sufficiently detailed to enable the General Assembly to monitor and understand the specific workforce challenges that state psychiatric hospitals are experiencing and may include recommendations on targeted actions the General Assembly could consider to mitigate the most significant workforce challenges at state hospitals."



Explanation

(This amendment provides language directing the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to report annually to the Behavioral Health Commission on average turnover and vacancy rates and salary competitiveness, by hospital and position type, for the state’s psychiatric hospitals. This is a recommendation of JLARC.)