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IN SB0419
Bill
Status
1/10/2017
Primary Sponsor
James Merritt
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AI Summary
- Removes requirements for administrative rules establishing exclusive geographic primary service areas for community mental health centers
- Grants county executives authority to designate which community mental health centers receive county funding, regardless of division of mental health and addiction designations
- Allows county executives to designate centers for funding even if not designated by the division as the primary service area provider
- For counties with one designated center, sets maximum appropriation equal to the center's operating budget (minus gifts, merchandise, fees, and federal grants) multiplied by the ratio of served population to total county population
- For counties with multiple designated centers, authorizes county executives to determine funding allotments to each center
- Effective July 1, 2017
Legislative Description
Community mental health centers. Removes requirements for administrative rules concerning geographic primary service areas for community mental health centers. Provides that the county executive shall designate which community mental health centers are to receive funding from the county. Specifies that the county executive may designate a community mental health center to receive funding from the county even if that community mental health center is not designated by the division of mental health and addiction as the community mental health center for the county's geographic primary service area. Provides that in the case of a county served by only one community
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
1/10/2017