Senate Bill 2867 Summary

• Appropriates $226,393,026.00 in General Funds and authorizes $400,486,370.00 in special funds to the Department of Mental Health for fiscal year 2016 (July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016).

• Allocates $18,951,886.00 from the Health Care Expendable Fund for specific DMH programs including Medicaid matching funds, Alzheimer's disease services, crisis centers, and community mental health physician services.

• Authorizes the Department of Mental Health to transfer funds to Medicaid for matching obligations, purchase land for residential facilities, and construct or renovate group homes and treatment buildings.

• Allocates $16,100,000.00 specifically to expand community-based services for Olmstead compliance with authority to transfer funds to the Department of Education and Department of Rehabilitation Services as needed.

• Sets performance metrics for mental health services including serving 94.80% of clients in community versus institutional settings, maintaining 8 PACT teams, and operating crisis intervention centers in multiple locations including Grenada, Batesville, Brookhaven, Cleveland, Corinth, Laurel, and Newton.