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Mental Health Courts: Support the establishment of
mental health court so that offenders with mental illnesses will be
sentenced to the appropriate mental health system. Presently this is done on
an ad hoc basis with treatment available on a limited basis. A Federal grant
will set up the court and a special CTT.
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Medications: Support funding the budget in
full so that all Division of DSAMH consumers shall continuously receive
their prescribed medications. Previous budgets included savings, which
were not accomplished.
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Housing: Support full funding for group homes and
supervised apartments.
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DPC: Support reallocating DPC budget funds so that
patients being integrated into the community shall receive appropriated
follow up and care. $4.7 million nursing funds could be reclassified as
flexible money.
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Parity: Support full parity for mental illnesses
so that all DSM IV illnesses are covered.
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Olmstead plan: Support the creation of a
commission to oversee and the funding to complete the Olmstead plan.
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State Mental Health Plan: Support funding for a
comprehensive statewide, mental health plan so that we have a blueprint of
how we will meet mental health needs for all Delawareans in the next 5
years.
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Housing discrimination: Support changing local
zoning to provide exemptions to mental illness group homes as is afforded to
developmental disability homes so that zoning is uniformly applied to homes
for persons with disabilities.
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Involuntary Commitment: Support legislation that
provides an outpatient Patient’s Bill of Rights and allows involuntary
outpatient commitment at a level below the dangerous standard so that
objective commitment criteria are used and patient rights are protected.
Click here for entire Public Policy
Platform on Involuntary Commitment
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CMII and Prisons: Support equal standards of
treatment for mental illnesses in prisons as through DSAMH and improve the
CMH system so that mental heath services will meet the needs of the states
mentally ill population.
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Attendant case: Support providing attendant care
for people with mental illnesses so that it will be available to mental
health cases as well as developmental and physical disabilities patients.
