Lawmakers say the mounting structural challenges in Maryland's systems of health and behavioral care -- magnified by the coronavirus -- demand a comprehensive response.
“You either pay now or you pay later and how do you pay? You pay when people commit suicide, when families are not functioning, someone is miserable,” Peña-Melnyk said in an interview., leaving many without the resources to seek help even if the state had enough providers.“If we don’t do it now, are we ever going to do it?” said Del. David Moon , who will shepherd the behavioral health bill in the house.
Behavioral health patients account for about one quarter of emergency room admission, but 70 percent of days spent by patients occupying emergency room beds as they wait treatment elsewhere, according to an analysis by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems.Moon said after eight years of trying to reform criminal justice from his place on the judiciary committee, it’s time to turn to the behavioral health system in hopes of keeping people out of court and jail.
Lori Doyle, director of public policy for the Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland, said the goal is to get people outpatient therapy and services before their condition deteriorates to the point where they end up in a hospital emergency room or jail.
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