to adopt the amendments to HB 4310.
Representative Green moved to adopt the amendments to HB 4310. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Green offered the following amendments to HB 4310: 1. Amend page 25, following line 2, by inserting: Virtual behavioral health urgent care 2,000,000 and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly. 2. Amend page 215, following line 1, by inserting: "Sec. 1971. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for virtual behavioral health urgent care, the department shall allocate $2,000,000.00 to a 24/7 crisis agency that has served the state for at least 50 years and is headquartered in a county with a population between 1,200,000 and 1,400,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census to provide virtual behavioral health urgent care including, but is not limited to the following: (a) Assisting a patient in returning to a non-urgent state of being and providing immediate relief from the symptoms associated with depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders. (b) Filling in the gap between the patient’s next appointment with their established medical provider and the possibility of running out of medication. (c) Assisting the patient experiencing symptoms associated with low acuity mental health disorders until they can make an appointment with a psychiatrist.".