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AL · HB497INTRO · 1 COSPONSOR

Mental health; Alabama Department of Mental Health, Division of Developmental Disabilities Community Incident Prevention and Management System provided, incident types and reporting requirements established, implementation required, adoption of more stringent reporting requirements in certain circumstances prohibited

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This bill creates new rules for how the Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH) handles serious events involving people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. It defines different types of "critical incidents," like abuse or major injuries, and sets specific deadlines for providers to report these incidents to ADMH. The bill also prevents ADMH from making reporting rules that are stricter than what this law or federal laws require.

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