Kansas mental health system at crossroads in 2016 session
As Kansas faces budget limits and a shifting KDADS leadership, advocates push for a continuum of care to reduce hospital and crisis loads. They seek expanded Medicaid eligibility, restored Osawatomie capacity, and crisis services while debating a 72 hour involuntary hold proposal and wary of Medicaid drug regulation changes.
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Kansas
Amy Campbell
Kansas Mental Health Coalition
Cabinet
Kansas Department For Aging and Disability Services
KDADS
Kari Bruffett
Bruffett
Kansas Health Institute
KHI News Service
Tim Keck
Kansas Department
Adult Continuum of Care Committee
Osawatomie Hospital
Continuum of Care Committee
Behavioral Health Planning Council
Susan Crain Lewis
Mental Health America of the Heartland
Kansas City
Kan
Lewis
Angela de Rocha
de Rocha
Campbell
Mental Health Coalition
Ted Jester
Coalition
Rick Cagan
National Alliance On
Cagan
NAMI
Texas
Kyle Kessler
Association of Community Mental Health Centers of
Kessler
Kan- Care
KDHE
Karl Bruffett
Kansans oppose federal mental health reform bill over abuse cases
Kansas residents and lawmakers critique the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 citing it would curb advocacy groups authority under PAIMI. Nancy Jensen, a survivor, linked the bill to protecting caregivers who enabled abuse by the Kaufmans at a Newton group home, arguing it risks patient rights and access to legal aid.
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Nancy Jensen
House
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Newton
Arlan
Linda Kaufman
Disability Rights Center of
PAIMI
Kaufmans
Primi
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Tim Murphy
Pennsylvania
Energy and Commerce Committee
Murphy
Congress
Ronald Reagan
Jenkins
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