2011 Connecticut Code
Title 17a Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319i Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities
Sec. 17a-485. Community Mental Health Strategic Investment Fund.

      Sec. 17a-485. Community Mental Health Strategic Investment Fund. (a) There is established within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services an account in the General Fund to be known as the "Community Mental Health Strategic Investment Fund". The account shall contain all moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and shall be held separate and apart from all other money, funds and accounts. Investment earnings from any moneys in the account shall be credited to the account and shall become part of the assets of the account. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall not lapse and shall be available for use for the fiscal year next succeeding.

      (b) The account established under subsection (a) of this section shall be used to provide assistance for persons with mental illness, including, but not limited to, eligible households, as defined in section 17a-484a, and such persons who are community-supervised offenders supervised by the executive or judicial branch, and children or youths not within the care of the Department of Children and Families for the development of new or expanded community-based clinical and nonclinical facilities, related mental health services and supportive housing for persons with mental health needs.

      (c) Within the account established under subsection (a) of this section, there shall be two subaccounts: (1) A community mental health restoration subaccount for the purpose of providing financial assistance for new or expanded community-based mental health facilities and services, including, but not limited to, rental subsidies, case management, assertive community treatment teams, intensive residential programs, specialized treatment programs, hospital outpatient behavioral health services, regional independent living grants, multicultural services, training, technical assistance and evaluation, and grants to nonprofit providers for the enhancement of home and community-based services for the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and emotional disturbance among children and youths from birth through transition to adult services; and (2) a supportive housing enhancement subaccount for the purpose of carrying out section 17a-485c.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-8, S. 1, 13; P.A. 06-196, S. 127.)

      History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-8 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsecs. (b) and (C), effective June 7, 2006.