(a) Any general hospital, municipality or nonprofit organization in Connecticut may apply to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for funds to establish, expand or maintain psychiatric or mental health services. The application for funds shall be submitted on forms provided by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and shall be accompanied by (1) a definition of the towns and areas to be served; (2) a plan by means of which the applicant proposes to coordinate its activities with those of other local agencies presently supplying mental health services or contributing in any way to the mental health of the area; (3) a description of the services to be provided, and the methods through which these services will be provided; and (4) indication of the methods that will be employed to effect a balance in the use of state and local resources so as to foster local initiative, responsibility and participation. In accordance with subdivision (4) of section 17a-480 and subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 17a-484, the regional mental health board shall review each such application with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and make recommendations to the department with respect to each such application.

(b) Upon receipt of the application with the recommendations of the regional mental health board and approval by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the department shall grant such funds by way of a contract or grant-in-aid within the appropriation for any annual fiscal year. No funds authorized by this section shall be used for the construction or renovation of buildings.

(c) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning minimum standards for eligibility to receive said state contracted funds and any grants-in-aid. Any such funds or grants-in-aid made by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for psychiatric or mental health services shall be made directly to the agency submitting the application and providing such service or services.

(February, 1965, P.A. 501, S. 1, 2; 1967, P.A. 716, S. 5; P.A. 74-224, S. 5, 8; P.A. 75-563, S. 7, 14; P.A. 78-166, S. 1, 6; P.A. 88-357, S. 1; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 3, 88; P.A. 03-278, S. 58; P.A. 14-62, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 396.)

History: 1967 act related the section to new Sec. 17-226a, requiring the approval of the appropriate regional mental health council, added prohibition of use of funds for the renovation of buildings and added Subsec. (c); P.A. 74-224 replaced regional mental health council with regional mental health board and referred to annual appropriations rather than biennial appropriations; P.A. 75-563 required that applications for funds to mental health department be made through regional mental health director in Subsec. (a); P.A. 78-166 included applications by general hospitals in Subsec. (a) and specified that funds to be for psychiatric or mental health services; P.A. 88-357 authorized municipalities to apply for funds in Subsec. (a); Sec. 17-226b transferred to Sec. 17a-476 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by adding reference to contracts and grants-in-aid, and made technical changes reflecting the elimination of mental health regions, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 14-62 added new Subsec. (c) re administrative services organization to provide intensive case management and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 deleted former Subsec. (c) re intensive case management and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2016.

See Sec. 17a-482 for applicable definitions.

See Sec. 17a-484 re regional mental health boards.