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Amend CSHB 1, in Article II of the bill following
appropriations to the Department of State Health Services, by
adding the following appropriately numbered rider:
____. Local Mental Health Authority Diversion Programs.
Out of funds appropriated above in Strategy C 1.3, Mental Health
State Hospitals (page II-39), to the Department of State Health
Services that are allocated to a local mental health authority for
state hospital civil placement or state hospital forensic
placements, any unobligated balances at the end of the fiscal years
ending August 31, 2007, and August 31, 2008, are appropriated to the
Department of State Health Services for reallocation to that local
mental health authority for the purpose of funding local programs
designed to reduce inpatient admissions, emergency room visits, and
state hospital admissions of persons with mental illness.