630.461. Review committee for purchasing established, duties--members, qualifications--recommendations due when, failure to recommend, effect--committee disbanded, January 1, 1996.

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630.461. Review committee for purchasing established, duties--members, qualifications--recommendations due when, failure to recommend, effect--committee disbanded, January 1, 1996.

Review committee for purchasing established, duties--members,qualifications--recommendations due when, failure to recommend,effect--committee disbanded, January 1, 1996.

630.461. 1. There is hereby created in the department of mentalhealth a committee to be known as the "Review Committee for Purchasing" toreview the manner in which the department of mental health purchasesservices for persons with mental health disorders and substance abuseproblems. By December 31, 1995, the committee shall recommend to thegovernor and the general assembly any changes that should be made in thedepartment of mental health purchasing systems, including whether thedepartment should follow a competitive purchasing model and, if so, thetime frame for initiating such change. The recommendation of the committeeshall be made in the context of state and national health care reform andwith the goal of providing effective services in a coordinated andaffordable manner.

2. The review committee on purchasing created in subsection 1 of thissection shall be composed of nine members as follows:

(1) One member of the mental health commission, appointed by thegovernor;

(2) One representative of the office of administration, appointed bythe governor;

(3) The governor or his designee;

(4) Two members appointed at large by the governor, with one memberrepresenting the business community and one public member;

(5) Two members, appointed at large by the governor, with one memberbeing a private provider and one member being affiliated with a hospital;

(6) Two members, appointed at large by the governor, who areconsumers of mental health services or family members of consumers ofmental health services.

*3. The review committee established in subsection 1 of this sectionshall be disbanded on January 1, 1996.

4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,beginning July 1, 1997, if the review committee failed to make therecommendations to the governor and the general assembly as required insubsection 1 of this section, the department of mental health may contractdirectly with vendors operated or funded pursuant to sections 205.975 to205.990, RSMo, or operated or funded pursuant to sections 205.968 to205.973, RSMo, without competitive bids. All contracts with vendors whoare providers of a consortium of treatment services to the clients of thedivision of comprehensive psychiatric services shall be awarded inaccordance with chapter 34, RSMo.