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2018 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB5002 (Senate Committee Approved)

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Discharge Planning at Local Jails

Item 312 #1s

Item 312 #1s

First Year - FY2019 Second Year - FY2020
Health and Human Resources
Grants to Localities FY2019 $1,600,000 FY2020 $1,600,000 GF

Language
Page 289, line 11, strike "$436,026,655" and insert "$437,626,655".
Page 289, line 11, strike "$436,626,367" and insert "$438,226,367".

Page 292, after line 52, insert:

"KK. Out of this appropriation, $1,600,000 the first year and $1,600,000 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 two jails with a high percentage of inmates with serious mental illness."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $1.6 million from the general fund each year for Community Services Boards to provide discharge planning services at two jails with a high 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.)