Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-802

Current with changes through the 2024 First Special Legislative Session

Section 71-802 - Purposes of act

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 and the State Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Advisory Committee;

(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.

Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-802

Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 2; Laws 2006, LB 994, § 92; Laws 2013, LB 6, § 12.