(a) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall establish, within available appropriations, a grant program for the purposes of providing community-based behavioral health services, including (1) care coordination services, and (2) access to information on and referrals to, available health care and social service programs. Such services shall be provided by organizations that provide acute care and emergency behavioral health services. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall establish eligibility criteria for grants under the program and an application process.
(b) Grants may be issued under the program for the purposes of providing community-based behavioral health services, including (1) care coordination services, and (2) access to information on, and referrals to, available health care and social service programs.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 355; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 65.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “There is established with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services” with “The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall establish, within available appropriations,” and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “shall” with “may” in provision re issuing grants, effective July 1, 2016.