The Wyoming legislature's management council agrees that more work is needed to reform Title 25 in the state. That deals with people involuntarily detained in a mental health crisis.
A select committee of legislators recently drafted a bill that gives courts the ability to force people to undergo outpatient treatment, but Wyoming Department of Health Director Tom Forlslund said he and the committee are trying to come up with other reforms as well.
Ideas include changing the way counties and mental health providers are paid to treat Title 25 patients, developing gatekeepers to oversee the treatment of those detained for a mental health crisis, and possibly even developing group homes.
"Again it's multi-faceted, you just can't pass one little piece of legislation and say we fixed it. We think there's a lot of components to it that need tweaking or changing."
The Management Council forwarded the bill giving the courts more authority to the Legislature's Labor and Health Committee who will deal with the legislation Friday morning. The Council plans to formally vote on whether to continue Title 25 reform discussions in March, but committee members agree that more work is needed.