2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-802 — Purposes of act.

Section 71-802
Purposes of act.
Section 71-802

The purposes of the Nebraska Behavioral Health Services Act are to: (1) Reorganize statutes relating to the provision of publicly funded behavioral health services; (2) provide for the organization and administration of the public behavioral health system within the department; (3) rename mental health regions as behavioral health regions; (4) provide for the naming of regional behavioral health authorities and ongoing activities of regional governing boards; (5) reorganize and rename the State Mental Health Planning and Evaluation Council, the State Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Advisory Committee, and the Nebraska Advisory Commission on Compulsive Gambling ; (6) change and add provisions relating to development of community-based behavioral health services and funding for behavioral health services; and (7) authorize the closure of regional centers.

Source:

Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 2

Laws 2006, LB 994, § 92.

~Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006