Notice of Open Comment Period for AB 206, Section 11
Pertaining to 2019 Assembly Bill 206, Section 11, which
amended Chapter 232 of NRS by adding a new section:
The Department of Health and Human Services is required to
develop a written plan to address behavioral health needs in an emergency or
disaster. Such a plan must, without limitation:
(a) Prescribe a process for assessing the need for
behavioral health resources during & after an emergency or disaster based
on the estimated impact of the situation and the estimated depletion of
resources;
(b) Ensure continuity of services for existing patients
with a mental illness, developmental disability, or intellectual disability duringan emergency or disaster;
(c) Prescribe
strategies to deploy triage & psychological first aid during an emergency or disaster;
(d) Identify
opportunities for the rendering of mutual aid during an emergency or disaster;
(e) Prescribe procedures to address the behavioral health
needs of first responders during & after an emergency or disaster; and
(f) Prescribe measures to aid the
recovery of the behavioral health system after an emergency or disaster.
Please email any comments to:
ddavis@health.nv.gov
On the email subject line add:
AB 206, Section 11 Comment
The deadline for comments is:
Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 5:00 PM PST
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A psychiatric advance directive allows individuals with mental illness to advocate for their own care. Filing this form allows individuals to direct how their psychiatric care is to be provided in the event that they are incapable of making decisions concerning that care or are incapable of communicating such decisions.
Provided below are a sample form and a presentation from Dr. Stephanie Woodard about the form and its purpose.