Amend CSSB 1, on page II-77 of the Department of State Health Services bill pattern by adding the following text:
Community Mental Health Services Wait List Funding. Out of funds appropriated above in Strategies B.2.1, Mental Health Services for Adults, and B.2.2, Mental Health Services for Children, the Department of State Health Services is directed to use $57,200,000 in General Revenue funds over the biennium for the purposes of eliminating the waiting list for services. It is the intent of the Legislature that any of these funds that cannot be used for this purpose shall be allocated among Local Mental Health Authorities with below average per capita funding levels to increase equity in funding allocations.