Section 7117 - Assisted outpatient treatment implementation by countieS.(a)(1) The county administrator of any county may determine annually that the county mental health and intellectual disabilities program will not provide assisted outpatient treatment pursuant to section 301(c). The county administrator making the determination shall: (i) Provide notice to the secretary that the county program will not provide assisted outpatient treatment in accordance with section 301(c); and(ii) Notify the county local authority of the decision not to offer assisted outpatient treatment in accordance with section 301(c).(2) The notification to the secretary under clause (1) shall be submitted annually in a form determined by the secretary.(b) The secretary shall grant an annual waiver to any county that has notified the secretary under subsection (a) of the county's decision not to offer assisted outpatient services pursuant to section 301(c).(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as permitting a county or the secretary to waive existing obligations of a county to serve seriously mentally ill residents in accordance with all other applicable provisions of law and regulation.Added by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 106, § 4, eff. 4/22/2019.