NC Lawmakers Issue Recommendations to Improve State's Mental Health Care System

NC lawmakers recommend reforms to mental health system, but funding questions loom

By Rachel Crumpler and Taylor Knopf After spending six months examining the state’s involuntary commitment process, a special North Carolina House committee released a list of recommendations on Tuesday aimed at improving the state’s intertwined mental health and criminal justice systems. The House Select Committee on Involuntary Commitment and Public Safety formed after the passage of Iryna’s Law late last year and has met monthly to hear prese…

NC lawmakers issue recommendations to improve state's mental health care system

RALEIGH, N.C. (WJZY) — A new report from North Carolina’s General Assembly looks to improve the state’s mental health care system. In the report, Republican and Democratic lawmakers recommended several changes. Following the murder of Iryna Zarutska on the Blue Light light rail back in August, state lawmakers decided they wanted to improve the process [...]

N.C. House committee makes recommendations for strengthening state’s involuntary commitment system

Special to IFN RALEIGH — The N.C. House Select Committee on Involuntary Commitment and Public Safety has unanimously approved a comprehensive set of recommendations aimed at improving the state’s involuntary commitment (IVC) system. House Speaker Destin Hall established the committee following the murder of Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte last year by a violent, mentally ill…

NC House panel recommends changes to involuntary commitment system

NC NEWSLINE - A North Carolina House committee voted on Tuesday to approve interim recommendations to improve public safety in the state, but lawmakers say they’re a long way from finishing their work on involuntary commitment. The House Select Committee on Involuntary Commitment and Public Safety is recommending that county jails consider using telehealth as a way for medical staff to evaluate the mental health of arrestees on site, instead of …