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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Watts
Fund Discharge Planning at Local Jails

Item 311 #1h

Item 311 #1h

First Year - FY2019 Second Year - FY2020
Health and Human Resources
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services FY2019 $4,109,900 FY2020 $4,109,900 GF

Language
Page 288, line 27, strike "$10,460,077" and insert "$14,569,977".
Page 288, line 27, strike "$12,010,077" and insert "$16,119,977".

Page 288, after line 53, insert:

"E. Out of this appropriation, $4,109,900 the first year and $4,109,900 the second year from the general fund is provided for discharge planning at jails for individuals with serious mental illness.  Funding shall be used to create staff positions in Community Services Boards and will be implemented at the five jails with the highest percentage of inmates with serious mental illness."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $4.1 million from the general fund each year for Community Services Boards to provide discharge planning services at five jails with the highest percentage of inmates with serious mental illness. Discharge planning includes linking inmates with serious mental illness to community providers for treatment and housing and other needed services as they transition from jails to the community. This is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century.)