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Statutes > Connecticut > Title17a > Chap319i > Sec17a-485bSec. 17a-485b. Community Mental Health Strategy Board. Duties. Report. Staff. (a) There is established a Community Mental Health Strategy Board. The voting members of the board shall be appointed as follows: (1) Two members by the Governor; (2) two members by the president pro tempore of the Senate; (3) two members by the speaker of the House of Representatives; (4) one member by the majority leader of the Senate; (5) one member by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; (6) two members by the minority leader of the Senate; (7) two members by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; (8) the Commissioner of Children and Families; and (9) the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, who shall serve as chairperson. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Chief Court Administrator and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development, Education, Correction, Public Health and Social Services, or their designees, shall serve as nonvoting ex-officio members of the board. Board members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses. All initial appointments to the board shall be made not later than September 1, 2001. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall convene the first meeting of the board not later than September 15, 2001.
(b) The board, by majority vote of the voting members, shall, not less than annually, approve commitments and disbursements that the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may make from the Community Mental Health Strategic Investment Fund established under section 17a-485 for the purposes of sections 17a-485 to 17a-485c, inclusive, and section 4 of public act 01-8 of the June special session* that are consistent with the community mental health strategic plan adopted under subsection (a) of section 17a-485a. The board may (1) designate the appropriate state agencies or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority to receive such disbursements and to implement the provisions of sections 17a-485 to 17a-485c, inclusive, and section 4 of public act 01-8 of the June special session*, or (2) in conjunction with one or more state agencies or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, issue requests for proposals and request the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to enter into contracts to make disbursements and implement the provisions of sections 17a-485 to 17a-485c, inclusive, and section 4 of public act 01-8 of the June special session*. The board shall designate the assignment of funds not otherwise assigned to the subaccounts established under section 17a-485 as the board deems appropriate.
(c) The board shall, not later than February 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, report to the Governor and the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. The report shall include a description of all disbursements made from the account established under section 17a-485 during the prior fiscal year and an evaluation of the impact of each program or service receiving such disbursements with respect to its outcome and effectiveness in expanding access to quality, appropriate community-based mental health care.
(d) Within the limits of available appropriations, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall provide for such staff and other administrative support as may be required by the board for the purposes of sections 17a-485 to 17a-485c, inclusive, subsection (h) of section 8-395, subsection (c) of section 54-56g, subsection (g) of section 54-56i, section 54-56k and sections 4, 7, 11 and 12 of public act 01-8 of the June special session*.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-8, S. 3, 13.)
*Note: Sections 4, 7, 11 and 12 of public act 01-8 of the June special session are special in nature and therefore have not been codified but remain in full force and effect according to their terms.
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-8 effective July 1, 2001.
