M00L06.01 Services and Institutional

Operations

General Fund Appropriation, provided that
contingent upon the failure of House Bill
1459 $5,000,000 of this appropriation
shall only be used for the statewide
expansion of community mental health
services. Further provided that priority
for funding should be given to enabling
the movement of patients who are ready
to be discharged from State run
psychiatric hospitals into the community.
The Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene shall develop a plan for the
service expansion and shall provide the
budget committees with a copy of the plan
prior to the expenditure of any funds. The
budget committees shall have 30 days to
review and comment on the plan.,
provided that contingent upon the failure
of House Bill 1459, $4,000,000 of this
appropriation shall only be used to expand
community mental health services in Anne
Arundel, Prince George's, Calvert,
Charles, and St. Mary's counties according
to a plan developed under the leadership
of the Anne Arundel County Health
Department and submitted to the Mental
Hygiene Administration. In developing the
plan, the Anne Arundel County Health
Department shall work in consultation
with the appropriate local officials in
Prince George's, Calvert, Charles, and St.
Mary's counties. The Mental Hygiene
Administration shall provide the budget
committees with a copy of the submitted
plan.

Further provided that contingent upon the
failure of House Bill 1459, $1,000,000 of
this appropriation shall only be used to
support community placements of patients
who are ready to be discharged from
Crownsville Hospital.

Further provided that the $4,000,000

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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

CROWNSVILLE HOSPITAL CENTER

Ch. 429