2022 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare
71-5682 - Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program; created.
71-5682. Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program; created.
The Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program is created and shall be administered by the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The program shall address behavioral health professional shortages in rural areas by:
(1) Offering service learning opportunities for behavioral health professionals to provide integrated mental health services in rural areas;
(2) Educating physicians to integrate behavioral health into primary care practice;
(3) Providing outreach clinical training opportunities in rural areas for interns, fellows, and graduate students from public and private universities and colleges in Nebraska that offer behavioral health graduate education; and
(4) Placing program graduates in primary care practices for the purpose of providing behavioral health patient visits.
Source
- Laws 2006, LB 994, ยง 40.
