Miller appointed to Study Committee

Representative Vida Miller has been appointed by The Honorable Bobby Harrell, Speaker of the SC House of Representatives to serve on the Delivery of Behavioral Health Care Services Study Committee.
The committee is composed of ten members of the SC General Assembly, of whom five must be members of the House appointed by the Speaker and five must be members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
The committee was created by the General Assembly to examine the delivery of behavioral care services in South Carolina. Many already overcrowded hospital emergency rooms have become the “safety net” or “provider of last resort” until psychiatric beds are available in the state. This situation stretches the resources of the hospital and reduces care for other patients with medical emergencies.
The delivery of services that are available to behavioral health care patients is fractured and disjointed and many patients have no place to go for the level of emergency care they or their loved ones need.
“I am honored to be appointed by the Speaker and look forward to serving on this committee in an effort to find a solution to this serious health care problem for our citizens”, Miller stated.