71-5682. Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program; created.
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The Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program is created and shall be administered by the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The program shall address behavioral health professional shortages in rural areas by:
(1)Offering service learning opportunities for behavioral health professionals to provide integrated mental health services in rural areas;
(2)Educating physicians to integrate behavioral health into primary care practice;
(3)Providing outreach clinical training opportunities in rural areas for interns, fellows, and graduate students from public and private universities and colleges in Nebraska that offer behavioral health graduate education; and
(4)Placing program graduates in primary care practices for the purpose of providing behavioral health patient visits.