SB24-117
Eating Disorder Treatment & Recovery Programs
Concerning protections for individuals with an eating disorder, and, in connection therewith, requiring an eating disorder treatment and recovery facility to hold an appropriate designation and requiring the behavioral health administration to regulate the use of involuntary feeding tubes.
Session:
2024 Regular Session
Subject:
Bill Summary
Health Care & Health Insurance
No later than January 1, 2026, the act requires the behavioral health administration (BHA) to require all eating disorder treatment and recovery facilities (treatment facility) to hold an appropriate designation based on the level of care the treatment facility provides. Licensed clinicians who are not facility-based and offer behavioral health therapy on an outpatient basis are not required to hold a designation. The act directs the state board of human services to promulgate rules for treatment facilities and requires the BHA to promulgate rules concerning involuntary feeding tubes for individuals with an eating disorder.
APPROVED by Governor June 6, 2024
EFFECTIVE June 6, 2024
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)