Miss. Code § 41-19-45

Current through 6/1/2024
Section 41-19-45 - Grants to community mental health centers for the purpose of increasing housing for patients; application
(1) After making expenditures of at least Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) each year to provide funding for county and municipal law enforcement training and court liaisons as authorized by this section, the Department of Mental Health is authorized to expend any additional funds to provide grants to community mental health centers for the purpose of increasing housing for patients. A community mental health center may apply to the Department of Mental Health for a grant to pay for the cost of patient housing. A community mental health center desiring assistance under this section must submit an application to the Department of Mental Health. The application must include any information required by the Department.
(2) The Department of Mental Health shall have all powers necessary to implement and administer the program established under this section, and the department shall promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, necessary for the implementation of this section.

Miss. Code § 41-19-45

Added by Laws, 2023, ch. 427, HB 1222,§ 12, eff. 7/1/2023.