HOUSE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Department of Mental Health
LOC Subcommittee: Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
LOC Subcommittee Chair: Hon. John Taliaferro "Jay" West, IV
LOC Subcommittee Members: Hon. Bill Taylor; Hon. Robert L. Ridgeway, III; Hon. Christopher Sloan "Chris" Wooten
Agency Website: Department of Mental Health
Agency Head: Mark W. Binkley
Study Contact: Stewart Cooner
Contact Email: [email protected]
Responses to online surveys posted on this Committee's webpage are provided verbatim as they were received by the Committee. They are not the comments or expression of the House Legislative Oversight Committee, any of its Subcommittees, or the House of Representatives.
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Meetings
Full Legislative Oversight Committee
Full Legislative Oversight Committee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee
Full Legislative Oversight Committee
Full Legislative Oversight Committee
- Full and Subcommittee Study Reports
- Public Survey and Public Input
- Public Survey
- Public Input Meeting
- Public Input received via House Legislative Oversight Committee webpage
- Correspondence
- Committee Letter to DMH (May 9, 2018)
- Letter from Subcommittee to Agency (February 5, 2019)
- Letter from Agency to Subcommittee (February 12, 2019)
- Letter from Agency to Subcommittee (July 31, 2019)
- Letter from Subcommittee to Agency (February 20, 2019)
- Letter from Agency to Subcommittee (March 8, 2019)
- Letter from Subcommittee to Agency (April 11, 2019)
- Letter from Agency to Subcommittee (August 2, 2019)
- Letter from Subcommittee to Agency (May 10, 2019)
- Letter from Agency to Subcommittee (August 2, 2019)
- Letter from Subcommittee to Agency (July 22, 2019)
- Letter from Agency to Subcommittee (August 2, 2019)
- Letter from Subcommittee to Agency (July 26, 2019)
- Letter from Agency to Subcommittee (August 8, 2019)
- Letter from Subcommittee to Agency (August 19, 2019)
- Agency Letter to Subcommittee (August 30, 2019)
- Agency Letter to Subcommittee (September 9, 2019)
- Agency Letter to Subcommittee (September 12, 2019)
- Letter from Agency to Subcommittee (August 28, 2019)
- Letter from Subcommittee to Agency (September 25, 2019)
- Letter from Subcommittee to Vulnerable Adults Fatalities Review Committee (September 25, 2019)
- Joint Subcommittee Letter to DMH and Department of Corrections (October 10, 2019)
- Agency Letter to Subcommittee (October 11, 2019)
- SCDC and DMH joint response to Subcommittees (October 23, 2019)
- History and Organization of Agency
- History will be added during the study
- Governing Body will be added during the study
- Organization Charts
- Information will be added during the study
- State Human Resources Data
- Information will be added during the study
- Products and Services of Agency
- Information will be added during the study
- Goals, Spending, and Performance of Agency
- Goals
- Information will be added during the study
- Spending
- Information will be added during the study
- Additional Spending Details
- Performance
- Information will be added during the study
- Partners of Agency
- Information will be added during the study
- Other Reports, Reviews, and Audits
- Overview
- Information will be added during the study
- External reviews performed by agency
- Oversight Reports
- Restructuring and Seven-Year Plan Report
- 2016 Annual Restructuring Report
- 2015-16 Agency Accountability Report
- 2016-17 Agency Accountability Report
- 2017-18 Agency Accountability Report
- 2018-19 Agency Accountability Report
- 2019-20 Agency Accountability Report
- 2020-21 Agency Accountability Report
- 2021-22 Agency Accountability Report
- 2022-23 Agency Accountability Report
- Program Evaluation Report Guidelines and Templates (July 17, 2018)
- Guidelines
- Word Template
- Excel Template
- Program Evaluation Report Extension Request (September 10, 2018)
- Program Evaluation Report (November 19, 2018)
- Other External Reports, Reviews, Audits, and Studies
- Mental Health Block Grant Reports
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Services Mental Health Block Grant: Program and Fiscal Monitoring Report (2016)
- Internal Audits
- Other Internal Reports and Information
- Nursing Home Reports (Monthly Report)
- Veterans Victory House - 2020-01 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2019-12-31
- Veterans Victory House- 2020-02 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-01-31
- Veterans Victory House- 2020-03 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-02-29
- Veterans Victory House- 2020-04 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-03-03
- Veterans Victory House - 2020-05 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-04-30
- Veterans Victory House - 2020-06 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-05-31
- Veterans Victory House - 2020-08 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-07-31
- Veterans Victory House - 2020-09 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-08-31
- Veterans Victory House - 2020-10 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-09-30
- Veterans Victory House - 2021-03 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-02-28
- Veterans Victory House - 2021-01 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-12-31
- Veterans Victory House - 2021-02 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-01-31
- Veterans Victory House - 2021-04 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-03-31
- Veterans Victory House - 2021-05 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-04-30
- Veterans Victory House - 2021-06 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-05-30
- Veterans Victory House - 2021-08 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-07-31
- Veterans Victory House - 2021-09-31 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-08-31
- Veterans Victory House - 2021-10 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-09-30
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-01 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2019-12-31
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-02 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-01-31
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-03 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-02-29
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home- 2020-04 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-03-03
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-05 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-04-30
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-06 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-05-31
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-08 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-07-31
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-09 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-08-31
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-10 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-09-30
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-03 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-02-28
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-01 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-12-31
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-02 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-01-31
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-04 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-03-31
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-05 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-04-30
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-06 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-05-31
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home- 2021-08 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-07-31
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-09-31 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-08-31
- Campbell Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-10 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-9-30
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-01 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2019-12-31
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-02 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-01-31
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-03 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-02-29
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-04 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-03-03
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-05 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-04-30
- Roddey Nursing Home - 2020-06 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-05-31
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-08 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-07-31
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-09 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-08-31
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-10 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-09-30
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-03 - CMS Star Rating - 2021-02-28
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-01 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-12-31
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-02 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-01-31
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-04 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-03-31
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-05 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-04-30
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-06 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-05-31
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-08 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-07-31
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-09-21 - CMS Star rating - Data Ending 2021-08-31
- Roddey Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-10 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-09-30
- Stone Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-01 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2019-12-31
- Stone Veterans Nursing Home- 2020-02 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-01-31
- Stone Veterans Nursing Home- 2020-03 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-02-29
- Stone Veterans Nursing Home- 2020-04 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-03-03
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-01 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2019-12-31
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home- 2020-02 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-01-31
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home- 2020-03 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-02-29
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home- 2020-04 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-03-03
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-05 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-04-30
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-06 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-05-31
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-08 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-07-31
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-09 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-08-31
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2020-10 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-09-30
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-03 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-02-28
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-01 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2020-12-31
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-02 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-01-31
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-04 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-03-31
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-05 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-04-30
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-06 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-05-31
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-08 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-07-31
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-09 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-08-31
- Tucker Veterans Nursing Home - 2021-10 - CMS Star Rating - Data Ending 2021-09-30
- Inpatient Reports (Quarterly)
- DMH Inpatient Dashboard Final Q1.2020
- DMH Inpatient Dashboard Final Q2.2020
- DMH Inpatient Dashboard Final Q3.2020
- DMH Inpatient Dashboard Final Q4.2020
- DMH Inpatient Dashboard Final Q2.2021
- DMH Inpatient Dashboard Final Q3.2021
- Covid-19/Inpatient Services Updates
- Laws and Regulations related to the Agency
- Information will be added during the study
The Oversight Committee notifies the agency it has been selected for study.
Following the Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting on February 5, 2019, the Subcommittee sent a letter to the agency asking for responses to questions about governance, investigations, employees, relationships with other entities, strategic planning, information technology, nursing homes, and crisis stabilization centers.
This letter contains the agency's request to submit responses to the Subcommittee's February 7, 2019, letter, as they are compiled.
This letter contains the agency's response to the Subcommittee's February 7, 2019, correspondence.
Following the Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting on February 19, 2019, the Subcommittee sent a letter to the agency asking for responses to questions about inpatient services planning, inpatient services human resources, patient discharge practices, the Joint Commission accreditation process, and the Sexually Violent Predator Treatment Program.
This letter contains the agency's response to the Subcommittee's February 20, 2019, letter.
Following the Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting on April 2, 2019, the Subcommittee sent a letter to the agency asking for responses to questions about community knowledge of services, screening procedures, innovations, staffing, and school-based mental health services.
This letter contains the agency's response to the Subcommittee's April 11, 2019, correspondence.
Following the Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting on May 7, 2019, the Subcommittee sent a letter to the agency asking for responses to questions about the Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan, agency personnel, salary comparisons, and employee feedback mechanisms.
This letter contains the agency's response to the Subcommittee's May 10, 2019, correspondence
Following the Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting on July 8, 2019, the Subcommittee sent a letter to the agency asking for responses to questions about budget, billing, telepsychiatry, information technology, personnel, patient care, and opportunities for feedback.
This letter contains the agency's response to the Subcommittee's July 22, 2019, correspondence.
Following the Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting on July 23, 2019, the Subcommittee sent a letter to the agency asking for responses to questions about licensing/certification, personnel, Vulnerable Adult Fatalities Review Committee, patent deaths, residencies, and the physical plant.
This letter contains the agency's response to the Subcommittee's July 26, 2019, correspondence.
Following the Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting on August 12, 2019, the Subcommittee sent a letter to the agency asking for responses to questions about the agency's recommendations and further clarification of prior submitted responses.
This letter contains the agency's partial response to the August 19, 2019, letter.
This letter contains the second part of the agency's response to the August 19, 2019, letter from the Subcommittee.
This letter contains the agency's response to the Subcommittee's August 29, 2019, correspondence.
This letter contains the agency's request for an extension to respond to the Subcommittee's August 19, 2019, letter.
Following the Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting on September 16, 2019, the Subcommittee sent a letter asking for information relating to the following topics: pilot program with Richland County Probation, Parole and Pardon Services Office; agency training database; and the Clinical Competency Oversight Committee.
Following the Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting on September 16, 2019, the Subcommittee sent a letter asking for information relating to the following topics: number of cases for 2018 or most recent available year; state agencies resources that support the work of the Vulnerable Adults Fatalities Review Committee; and the investigative entity for deaths at Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities.
The Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee and the Department of Corrections Ad Hoc Subcommittee request information from DMH and the Department of Corrections following the joint subcommittee meeting on September 16, 2019.
DMH responds to the questions in the letter sent by the Subcommittee on September 25, 2019.
DMH and the Department of Corrections respond to the October 10, 2019, letter from the Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee and the Department of Corrections Ad Hoc Subcommittee.
The documents below are provided by the Division of State Human Resources based on information the agency inputs into the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS). The aggregated data about agency employees includes, but is not limited to, (1) Number of authorized, filled and vacant positions; (2) Education level; (3) Race by Generation; (4) Gender by Generation; (5) Number of full time equivalent employees by funding source; (6) Number of Service and TERI employees at the agency; (7) Number of employees eligible to retire in five years; (8) Number of Trial and Probationary employees by generation; (9) Average salary by payband; (10) Number of certified public manager graduates at the agency; etc.
In 2016 the Oversight Committee worked with the Executive Budget Office to combine the information sought in the Annual Restructuring Report and Annual Accountability Report, into one report.
In 2016 the Oversight Committee worked with the Executive Budget Office to combine the information sought in the Annual Restructuring Report and Annual Accountability Report, into one report. Since that time the Agency Accountability Report also satisfies the agency's requirement for an Annual Restructuring Report.