Nevada lawmakers consider bill to strengthen oversight of community homes for mentally ill
In the wake of a scathing legislative audit that found deplorable living conditions in community homes for the mentally ill, Nevada lawmakers took up a bill on Friday that would place the facilities more squarely under the thumb of state health inspectors.
The legislation, which was heard in the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee, would subject facilities that operate under a home-based care model meant to provide mental health patients an independent-living experience coupled with monitoring, support and behavioral skills training — often referred to as community-based living arrangement, or CBLA, homes — to the same stringent requirements placed on other facilities that care for Nevada’s most vulnerable residents.
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