Requiring the Director of the Mental Hygiene Administration to designate a liaison for minority mental health services; specifying the duties of the liaison; requiring the Administration to conduct or commission a study on the relationship between substance abuse and mental illness in the African American community; requiring that specified information be included in the study; requiring the Administration to report on the findings and recommendations of the study; etc.

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Sponsored by:

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25

Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40

Delegate Lisa A. Gladden, District 41

Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Kerry A. Hill, District 26

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44

Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41

Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES -see also- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT

COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations

MENTAL HEALTH

MINORITIES -see also- WOMEN

REPORTS

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Bill affects the following Statute:

Health - General

( 10-901.1 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (RTF / PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (Word / PDF)

Amendments: None offered