71-802. Purposes of act.
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The purposes of the Nebraska Behavioral Health Services Act are to:
(1)Reorganize statutes relating to the provision of publicly funded behavioral health services;
(2)provide for the organization and administration of the public behavioral health system within the department;
(3)rename mental health regions as behavioral health regions;
(4)provide for the naming of regional behavioral health authorities and ongoing activities of regional governing boards;
(5)reorganize and rename the State Mental Health Planning and Evaluation Council and the State Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Advisory Committee;
(6)change and add provisions relating to development of community-based behavioral health services and funding for behavioral health services; and
(7)authorize the closure of regional centers.