The Behavioral Health Subcommittee advanced two bills without opposition: HB 32, expanding membership of the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee, and an unnumbered Marcus Alert bill allowing state agencies to update the system's written plan, which passed with an amendment adopted from Behavioral Health.
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“This plan was developed. I did know it was developed in 2021, but there is not a provision in the current code to amend the plan. And it does need to be updated.”
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Sign in to subscribeGood morning. The committee will come to order. Madam Clerk, can we take the roll? Close it. You may close the roll. Do we have quorum? Yes, you have seven. Good morning. Morning. I would like to welcome you to the subcommittee on behavioral health for 2026. I know it's early in the morning, so I'm glad to look out and see some smiling faces out there for this early start. What I want to do. My name is delegate Deborah Gardner and I will be the subcommittee chair for this committee. Committee. And take care of a few housekeeping items because we. But against the full committee. We're going to try to be as efficient as we can with our time because we do have limited time. So we would ask that members please try to be on time so we can get going and not run into the full committee's time. I would like to start out by allowing members to. To introduce themselves and let us know what district you represent. And I will start out with to my left and then go to my right with delegate Russell. Delegate Herring. Oh, good morning. I'm delegate Cherry.…
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