Sec 36-550.03. Statewide plan implementation; contract requirements; exception

A. Upon establishment of the statewide plan for a community residential treatment system as required in section 36-550.01, the deputy director shall provide for the delivery of such programs and services, utilizing all funds identified and available for the seriously mentally ill, in the following manner:

1. Provide such programs and services directly through the division or by contract with other public or private agencies.

2. Contract with individual counties to provide programs and services directly or by contract with other public or private agencies.

3. Provide for programs and services by any combination of service delivery mechanisms as prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection.

B. The deputy director may use any funds available to the division for the purposes of this article to provide for the establishment and maintenance of community residential treatment programs and services. If the deputy director contracts with a county as prescribed in subsection A of this section, the deputy director may require not more than a twenty-five per cent match of local or other funds. The matching requirement for local or other funds may be provided by either direct funding or by in kind services.

C. If the programs and services prescribed in subsection A of this section are provided through a contract with a private agency, the deputy director shall not require matching funds as a condition for a contract to provide services.

(L92, Ch. 301, sec. 29. Eff. until 7/1/16)