39-3121. DECLARATION OF POLICY. It is the policy of this state to provide treatment services for its citizens living with mental illness and/or substance use disorder, acknowledging that these illnesses cause intense human suffering and severe social and economic loss to the state. Recognizing that there is insufficient funding to meet the many needs of […]
39-3122. DEFINITIONS. (1) "Behavioral health" means an integrated system for evaluation and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders. (2) "Family support partner" means an individual who: (a) Has lived experience caring for a child with a behavioral health diagnosis, mental illness or mental illness with a co-occurring substance use disorder; (b) Has specialized […]
39-3123. DESIGNATION OF STATE MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY AND STATE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AUTHORITY. The Idaho department of health and welfare is hereby designated the state mental health authority and the state substance use disorder authority, hereinafter referred to as the state behavioral health authority. The state behavioral health authority is responsible for overseeing the state […]
39-3124. IDAHO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COOPERATIVE. The behavioral health authority shall establish the Idaho behavioral health cooperative to advise it on issues related to the coordinated delivery of community-based behavioral health services. The membership shall include representatives from the Idaho state judiciary, the Idaho department of correction, the Idaho department of juvenile corrections, the office of […]
39-3125. STATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL. (1) A state behavioral health planning council, hereinafter referred to as the planning council, shall be established to serve as an advocate for children and adults with behavioral health disorders; to advise the state behavioral health authority on issues of concern, on policies and on programs and to provide […]
39-3126. DESIGNATION OF REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS. Recognizing both the need of every citizen to receive the best behavioral health services that the state is able to provide within budgetary confines and the disproportionate ability of counties to finance behavioral health services, the state behavioral health authority shall designate regions and be responsible for establishing […]
39-3127. COORDINATION OF SERVICES BETWEEN REGIONS AND STATE. The director of the department of health and welfare shall coordinate services between the regional behavioral health centers, regional behavioral health boards and the state psychiatric hospitals. History: [39-3127, added 2014, ch. 43, sec. 9, p. 110.]
39-3128. FACILITIES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS. The state behavioral health authority may contract for the lease of facilities appropriate for the establishment of behavioral health centers. In order to encourage the development of comprehensive and integrated health care and whenever feasible and consistent with behavioral health treatment, these facilities shall be in or near facilities […]
39-3129. DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR FOR REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS — DUTIES. The director of the department of health and welfare shall appoint a division administrator to manage the regional behavioral health centers and shall supervise its program; shall prescribe uniform standards of treatment, services and care provided by the regional behavioral health centers and regional behavioral […]
39-3130. RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN STATES TO SHARE SERVICES. In such regions where natural population groupings overlap state boundaries, an interstate regional behavioral health service may be established jointly with a neighboring state or states. In such instances, the state behavioral health authority may enter into reciprocal agreements with these states to either share the expenses […]
39-3131. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO BE OFFERED. The regional behavioral health center shall provide or arrange for the delivery of services that, combined with community family support and recovery support services provided through the regional behavioral health boards, medicaid and services delivered through a private provider network, will lead to the establishment of a comprehensive […]
39-3132. REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BOARDS — ESTABLISHMENT. There is hereby created and established in each region a regional behavioral health board. It is legislative intent that the regional behavioral health boards operate and be recognized not as a state agency or department, but as governmental entities whose creation has been authorized by the state, much […]
39-3133. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BOARDS. Each regional behavioral health board shall annually elect from within its membership an executive committee of five (5) members empowered to make fiscal, legal and business decisions on behalf of the full board or join with another governmental entity that can fulfill the same management infrastructure […]
39-3134. REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BOARD — MEMBERS — TERMS — APPOINTMENT. A regional behavioral health board for each region shall consist of twenty-three (23) members and shall be appointed as provided herein. All meetings of the regional behavioral health board shall be held in accordance with the open meetings law as provided for in chapter […]
39-3135. POWERS AND DUTIES. The regional behavioral health board: (1) Shall advise the state behavioral health authority and the state planning council on local behavioral health needs of adults and children within the region; (2) Shall advise the state behavioral health authority and the planning council of the progress, problems and proposed projects of the […]
39-3136. FUNDS. The financial support for the regional behavioral health centers shall be furnished by state appropriations and by whatever federal funds are available in an identifiable section within the behavioral health program budgets. Behavioral health services that are financed or contracted by local or federal sources may be incorporated into the regional behavioral health […]
39-3137. SERVICES TO BE NONDISCRIMINATORY — FEES. No regional behavioral health center or regional behavioral health board shall refuse service to any person because of race, color or religion or because of ability or inability to pay. Persons receiving services will be charged fees in keeping with a fee schedule prepared by the state behavioral […]
39-3138. EXISTING STATE-COUNTY CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES. No section of this chapter shall invalidate, or prohibit the continuance of, existing state-county contracts for the delivery of behavioral health services within the participating counties. History: [39-3138, added 1969, ch. 202, sec. 16, p. 589; am. 2014, ch. 43, sec. 26, p. 116.]
39-3139. TITLE OF CHAPTER. This chapter may be cited as the "Regional Behavioral Health Services Act." History: [39-3139, added 1969, ch. 202, sec. 17, p. 589; am. 2014, ch. 43, sec. 27, p. 116.]
39-3140. DEPARTMENT RULES. The director is authorized to promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter that are consistent with its provision. History: [39-3140, added 2014, ch. 43, sec. 28, p. 116.]
