§ 71-5682. Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program; created.

The Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program is created and shall be administered by the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The program shall address behavioral health professional shortages in rural areas by: (1) Offering service learning opportunities for behavioral health professionals to provide integrated mental health services in rural areas; (2) Educating physicians to integrate behavioral health into primary care practice; (3) Providing outreach clinical training opportunities in rural areas for interns, fellows, and graduate students from public and private universities and colleges in Nebraska that offer behavioral health graduate education; and (4) Placing program graduates in primary care practices for the purpose of providing behavioral health patient visits. History: Laws 2006, LB 994, § 40.