Kansas House Bill 2053 Of 2017 – Enacting The Crisis Intervention Act

The legislation was signed on May 24, 2017, and went into effect on July 1, 2017. It makes changes to how Kansas provides crisis intervention services for mental health and addiction disorder. The goal is to expand access to treatment without requiring admission to a state hospital bed. In a key change, the legislation allows psychiatric crisis centers in Kansas to provide involuntary treatment to people in crisis for up to 72 hours. Previously, the state’s three crisis centers, located in Kansas City, Wichita, and Topeka, could only serve people who voluntarily sought treatment . . .