HB 74

Abstract

Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that whenever any appropriation, or any portion of an appropriation, for any fiscal year relating to the funding of any State-operated facility operated by the Office of Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Human Services or any mental health facility operated by the Office of Mental Health within the Department is reduced because of any of the following reasons, those moneys must be directed toward providing other services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities or mental health needs: (1) closing of a State-operated facility; (2) reduction of the number of available beds in a State-operated facility; or (3) reduction in the number of staff at a State-operated facility. Provides for the appointment of a Funding Reinvestment Advisory Task Force to assist the Department of Human Services in implementing these provisions. Effective immediately.