January 30, 2019

Legislative and Policy Priorities

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

In the 2024 legislative session, AOCMHP successfully advocated for additional Aid & Assist community restoration and jail diversion funding to help CMHPs serve more people in their communities and to prevent incarceration as a treatment location whenever possible.

Cost Analysis TAB Bill One Pager

AOCMHP Community Restoration Flyer

INTELLECTUAL & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY

AOCMHP is advocating for the legislature to approve an additional 6 million dollars to fund the 2nd half of the biennium for the CMEs. This will draw down an additional 7.7 million dollars in federal funding.

SB 1508 Quality of Life

– Forbids the Health Evidence Review Commission (HERC) from using quality of life to measure the weight to give to a service that may be covered by the state Medicaid program.

SB 1521 A4 Sprinkler system req in group/foster homes

– Delay req sprinkler system in group/foster homes

SB 1521-A5 Agency with Choice

– Enhanced supports to employers of personal support workers’, support given to an individual in self-directing the individual’s services or in managing personal support workers who are providing in-home services and supports to the individual, using a person-centered approach.

SB 1522 Repeals 427

– Repeals the statutes that allowed a person to be ordered by a court to stay in a facility against their will based on having IDD.

– Forbids a public body from denying services meant for persons with mental illness on the basis that a person also has an IDD.

HB 4088 Protect hospital employees from workplace assaults

– Expands the crime of assault in the third degree to include causing physical injury to a person working in a hospital while worker is performing official duties. Includes I/DD

ODHS

Rebalance

CDDP RebalanceGF FFTFFTE
CDDP Caseload
HOP Funding
4,771,169 6,183,931
1,936,218 –
10,955,100
1,936,218
49.64
4.95
Total6,707,387 6,183,93112,891,31854.58

100% FTE -Possible POP

CDDP/BrokerageGF FFTFFTE
Rebalance (if approved)
Remaining to 100%
4,771,169 6,183,931
33,195,069 37,602,847
10,955,100
70,797,916
49.64
309.52
Total Funding to 100%37,966,238 43,786,77881,753,016359.16

DD Coalition Legislative Advocacy

AOCMHP Case Manager Flyer