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2004 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB5001 (Conference Report)

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Eliminate Contingency for Purchase of MH Treatment Beds in Community (language only)

Item 332 #3c

Item 332 #3c

Health And Human Resources
Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, Department of

Language
Page 269, line 43, after "fund" insert "is".
Page 269, line 44, strike "is" and insert "."
Page 269, strike lines 45 through 48.


Explanation
(This amendment eliminates language in the introduced budget that made the additional funding to purchase private psychiatric inpatient treatment beds in community hospitals contingent upon passage of the Governor's proposed tax plan. The introduced budget added $1.0 million from the general fund each year of the biennium to expand the purchase of these services in order to reduce inpatient admissions and potentially long-term stays at state mental health facilities. This is one of several amendments that removes the contingency language from Olmstead initiatives in order to ensure funding for these services.)