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The Role of the State

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Handbook of Quality Assurance in Mental Health

Abstract

This chapter summarizes state governments’ influence on mental health services, giving examples of and providing a rationale for the methods that the states have used. Because the state’s mechanism for affecting change is through legislation and the accompanying rules and regulations, we will focus on examples of legislation, the intent of which is to affect, directly or indirectly, the provision of mental health services. This legislation may be in the form of a licensure or a certification bill that regulates the mental health professions. Once licensure is in place, legislation may establish a mechanism for determinating the provider of services, the payment of services, or the evaluation of services (Kelvorick, 1981).

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  1. New York State Education Department, Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York, 12230, USA

    Judy E. Hall

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  1. Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

    George Stricker

  2. Preferred Health Care, Ltd., Wilton, Connecticut, USA

    Alex R. Rodriguez

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Hall, J.E. (1988). The Role of the State. In: Stricker, G., Rodriguez, A.R. (eds) Handbook of Quality Assurance in Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5236-5_15

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