PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2402
(Reference to printed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and
insert:
"Section 1. Title 36, chapter 34, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding Article 4, to read:
ARTICLE 4. MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION CENTER
36-3451 Mental health information center; clearinghouse; purpose
A. tHE
dIRECTOR of the department of health services SHALL ESTABLISH A clearinghouse
to gather INFORMATION NECESSARY TO FACILITATE AND PROVIDE UP-TO-DATE data
relating to mental health services testing, evaluation procedures and treatment
protocols to ensure that public monies are used only for mental health services
that have been documented to be safe, effective, valid and reliable. tHE
director shall designate the clearinghouse as THE mENTAL hEALTH iNFORMATION
cENTER.
B. tHE
mENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION CENTER SHALL BE located AT THE uNIVERSITY OF aRIZONA
TO PERMIT MULTIDISCIPLINARY COOPERATION AND PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPING THE
clearinghouse.
C. A
committee composed of the president of the UNIVERSITY of arizona, the dean of
the college of medicine at the University of ARizona and the dean of the
department of psychology at the university of arizona shall select a RESEARCHER
to be the head of the mental health information center. The committee shall forward the name of the
person it selects to the director who shall forward the name to the governor,
the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.
d. tHE
MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION CENTER SHALL:
1. establish
a web site to allow access to its database by all interested parties, including
governmental and private entities and the general public.
2. evaluate
all mental health testing, evaluation procedures and treatment protocols to
determine:
(a) if they
are effective, valid and reliable.
(b) their
scientific limitations.
(c) alternatives,
including less expensive alternatives.
(d) if they
comply with scientific standards established by the united states supreme
court.
3. provide a
brief history of the mental health services tests, evaluation procedures and
treatment protocols.
4. gather
normative data.
e. The
center shall maintain all information in standard and understandable english.
F. The
center shall make information in its database available to the public at all
times.
g. The
center is not limited in the sources of information from which it may obtain
information and data.
H. on
request from a member of the public or a governmental or private entity, the
center shall evaluate a new and innovative test, EVALUATION procedure or
treatment protocol by using the standards prescribed in subsection d, paragraph
2. The center shall submit a written
report of its findings to the person or entity that made the request AND shall
ENTER ITS FINDINGS IN THE DATABAse.
I. before a
state agency payS for a mental health test, EVALUATION or treatment, the person
who is responsible for AUTHORIZING the payment MAY submit sufficient
INFORMATION on the mental health service to the center to allow the center to
evaluate the service using the standards prescribed in subsection d, paragraph
2."