If the former student pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, it would extend the proceedings while he is evaluated by state mental health officials.
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The bill allows school districts to require "mental health first aid" training for school personnel and creates a task force to examine the state's mental health system.
Mike Hammond, executive director of Kansas' Association of Community Mental Health Centers, said his state's governor is looking for new ideas on mental health care.
The particular motivations of alleged killer James Holmes aren't relevant -- the next gunman will have different motivations -- but the general state of mental health care in the United States is.
Although I have actively avoided most coverage of the Sandy Hook tragedy in Connecticut, I have spent a great amount of time assessing the present state of mental health care and access in the United States.
But, more than a month since his abduction, there was concern about Mr Johnston's mental health and physical state, she said.
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The BBC understands that Abu Hamza's application will focus on the state of his mental health - but the preacher is is also asking judges for his confiscated passport to be returned.
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The state of preventative mental health care in the U.S. has been thrust onto the national scene in recent days, after the monstrous murder of 27 people including 20 children in an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
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New York required mental health professionals to tell state authorities if a patient threatens to use a gun illegally.
And there is still no clear information about what state of physical or mental health he may be in.
Before the war he had dropped out of college, but he went back to university and collected his bachelor's degree, did some post-graduate work and ended up running a mental health programme at Florida State University.
At the Mental Health Association of New York State, chief executive Glenn Liebman said the concern is not just veterans who won't get treatment for fear of the stigma of being listed in the state database or who will hide serious issues from their therapists.
However, in light of ongoing state budget and sequestration cuts, mental health services continue to erode.
Additionally, it alters state insurance regulations to beef up mental health care coverage.
The peer counselors check back often with these mothers, talking about what challenges might arise and the state of everyone's mental and physical health in the family.
The bill also addresses mental health and school security measures, including gun restrictions for people who've been committed to mental health facilities and restoration of a state grant for school safety improvements.
Giffords' visit came one day after Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy set a two-month deadline for a special commission to address the state's gun laws, mental health policies and public security issues.
Therapists, doctors and other mental health professionals will be required to tell state authorities if a patient threatens to use a gun illegally.
People deemed "likely to engage in conduct that would result in serious harm to self or others" by mental-health professionals would be added to a state database for checks.
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Emergency rooms in Prince George's County, Maryland, filled up Saturday by people looking to escape the heat, said Fran Phillips, deputy secretary for the state's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Hospitals in Prince George's County in Maryland were buzzing Saturday as people came into emergency department waiting rooms trying to get cool, said Fran Phillips, deputy secretary for the state's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Thune said lawmakers should aim instead at preventing future mass killings by improving mental health programs and increasing the records that state governments send the federal background check system so the checks can do a better job of keeping guns from people who shouldn't have them.
"Federal laws safeguarding the confidentiality of veterans' treatment records do not authorize VA mental-health professionals to comply with this New York State law, " Ballesteros said in a prepared statement.
They met with local and state leaders to discuss gun control legislation, mental health identification and treatment, and "concerns for the erosion of our societal values such that we are increasingly desensitized to violence, " according to Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra.
The couple met with local and state leaders to discuss gun control legislation, mental health identification and treatment, and "concerns for the erosion of our societal values such that we are increasingly desensitized to violence, " according to Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra.
Ortega was examined by two mental health professionals, Justice Gregory Carro said in Manhattan state Supreme Court.
If Holmes is sentenced to prison, the state Department of Corrections would determine what kind of mental health care he gets, said Alison Morgan, a department spokeswoman.
Although little is known about the mental health of either gunman, the attacks have shaken state legislatures that until recently didn't intend to consider more social spending.
Nuchereno is compiling Ortiz's mental health records with an eye toward filing a motion in state court to vacate his conviction.
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