Resolve, To Improve Quality and Access to Mental Health Care Through the Development of a Joint Strategic Plan

Sec. 1. Strategic plan. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services, referred to in this resolve as "the department," shall collaborate with the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center and the Riverview Psychiatric Center and seek input from Acadia Hospital and Spring Harbor Hospital and community hospitals that have psychiatric beds, consumers of mental health services and community mental health service providers to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for the provision of hospital-based mental health services. The plan must create a coordinated safety net of programs and services that will serve Maine's citizens in the future.

1. The plan development must consist of the following 3 steps:

All participants from steps one to 3 shall then work together to compile a final draft of the strategic plan, which must then be presented to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters by March 15, 2007.

2. The participants in the development of the draft strategic plans may request the assistance of the Office of Fiscal and Program Review with regard to data and the fiscal impact of program design and the provision of services.