State Lawmakers Want To Overhaul Mental Health Programs

In a California Healthline report by Deirdre Kennedy, experts discussed new approaches to mental health issues in the wake of the Isla Vista shooting incident — from a recent legislative proposal targeted at offenders to local efforts to better coordinate care for the mentally ill.

The report includes comments from:

Ratan Bhavnani, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Ventura County;
Linda Boyd, a program manager of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health;
Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara);
Kathleen Piché, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health; and
Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) (Kennedy, California Healthline, 6/11/14).

You can download a PDF of this report.

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<h1>State Lawmakers Want To Overhaul Mental Health Programs</h1>
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<p>In a <em>California Healthline </em>report by Deirdre Kennedy, experts discussed new approaches to mental health issues in the wake of the Isla Vista shooting incident — from a recent legislative proposal targeted at offenders to local efforts to better coordinate care for the mentally ill.</p><p>The report includes comments from:</p><ul><li>Ratan Bhavnani, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Ventura County;</li><li>Linda Boyd, a program manager of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health;</li><li>Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara);</li><li>Kathleen Piché, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health; and</li><li>Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) (Kennedy, <em>California Healthline</em>, 6/11/14).</li></ul><p>You <a href="https://californiahealthline.org/legacy/0268A8DC-BCA1-47B1-9C6A-87A37E22E815">can download a PDF</a> of this report.</p><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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