Q&A: Manka Dhingra makes the case for three behavioral health bills headed to executive session Michael Goldberg | Jan 15, 2021
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Senator Manka Dhingra is the Chair of the Senate Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
Today, the Committee held public hearings for three bills: SB 5073 (Concerning involuntary commitment), SB 5071 (Creating transition teams to assist specified persons under civil commitment), and SB 5074 (Establishing safe station pilot programs).
All three bills were scheduled for executive session on January 22nd. Ahead of the public hearings, I spoke with Sen. Dhingra in-depth about each bill and the impending flood of services behavioral health systems are expected to weather.