SECTION 10.23A.(d) Transitions to Community Living Fund. – There is established the Transitions to Community Living Fund (Fund) to facilitate implementation of the plans required in subsections (e) and (f) of this section.
SECTION 10.23A.(e) Of the amount appropriated to the Fund established in subsection (d) of this section, the sum of ten million three hundred thousand dollars ($10,300,000) is appropriated to support the Department of Health and Human Services in its plan for transitioning individuals with severe mental illness and severe and persistent mental illness into community living arrangements, including establishing a rental assistance program. If the State executes an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) in response to the USDOJ findings dated July 28, 2011, or implements a plan in response to the USDOJ findings, these funds shall be used to implement the requirements of the first year of the agreement or the plan. In the event such an agreement is reached, a recurring appropriation will be necessary to fully implement it. The Department may issue temporary rules to implement this subsection.
