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Bill Summary · LC 929

Summary: LC 929 — Provide more transparency in board of behavioral health

Overview

  • Bill Number: LC 929
  • Title: Provide more transparency in board of behavioral health
  • Status: Draft; Died in Process (as of 2025-05-23)
  • Introduced: November 6, 2024
  • Classification: Bill
  • Subject: Labor and Employment; Professions and Occupations (including related areas such as Unemployment Insurance and Workers’ Compensation)

Purpose and intent

  • The bill’s title indicates an aim to increase transparency within the Board of Behavioral Health. Specific goals or mechanisms are not provided in the available summary. The bill appears to seek greater openness or accountability in how the board operates, communicates, and makes decisions.

Key provisions

  • Available materials do not include the text or detailed provisions of LC 929. As a result, the exact changes proposed (e.g., requirements for public access to meetings, minutes, votes, licensing decisions, conflict-of-interest disclosures, reporting obligations, or appointment/oversight processes) are not specified here.
  • Because the draft status is noted, the precise statutory edits or new duties on the board are not enumerated in the provided information.

Affected parties and potential impact

  • Primary affected entity: Board of Behavioral Health (and its staff and operations).
  • Potentially affected: Licensees, applicants, and the public who interact with or rely on the board for regulatory oversight, licensure decisions, and public accountability.
  • Possible impacts if enacted (in general terms): Increased public access to board proceedings and decisions; enhanced reporting or disclosure requirements; changes to governance or appointment processes; potential increases in administrative workload for board staff. Specific impacts depend on the final language of the provisions.

Procedural history and timeline

  • 2024-11-06: Drafter Assigned
  • 2024-11-20: Draft On Hold
  • 2025-05-23: Draft Died in Process
  • Current status indicates that the measure did not advance in its draft stage and has been left to die in this session. If desired, it could be reintroduced in a future session with new sponsors or amended language.

Next steps and context

  • If stakeholders wish to pursue transparency reforms for the Board of Behavioral Health in the future, a new bill would likely need to be introduced, assigned to a committee, and undergo standard legislative review.
  • For readers seeking more precise information, obtaining the full bill text (if reintroduced) or a committee staff analysis would clarify the specific transparency requirements proposed and the affected processes.

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Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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