House Sponsors: LANG-SCOTT. Senate Sponsors: RADOGNO Short description: MENTAL HLTH-COMMNTY REINVSTMNT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the Mental Health Services Community Reinvestment Act. Provides that whenever any appropriation, or portion thereof, for any fiscal year relating to the funding of any mental health facility operated by the Department of Human Services is reduced because of the closing of any mental health facility, the reduction in the number of available beds in any mental health facility, or a reduction in the qualifications required of staff employed in any mental health facility, those funds shall be added to the funds appropriated to the Department of Human Services to be used for mental health services in the same community service area as the mental health facility whose funding is being reduced or eliminated. Provides that this provision shall not be circumvented and that, with 2 exceptions, the total amount of funds appropriated in any fiscal year for mental health services shall not be reduced below the amount appropriated for the previous fiscal year, adjusted for inflation. Effective January 1 of the year following the year it becomes law. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. In provisions requiring funds reduced from appropriations for certain mental health purposes to be otherwise used in the same community service area as the one in which funds were reduced, provides that the funds may also be used for a mental health facility that will have responsibility for any portion of the service area of the mental health facility whose funding is being reduced, and for the Chester Mental Health Center. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 01-01-09 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status