House Bill 1025

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-4-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL PROVIDE IN THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BILL FOR STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH THAT NOT LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FROM THE STATE GENERAL FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE USED FOR PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 41-4-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

41-4-21. (1) For the operations of all facilities placed under the control of the department and for all of its operations, the board shall adopt a uniform system of reporting and accounting approved by the State Department of Audit, and shall prepare an annual report to the Legislature setting forth the disbursements of all moneys appropriated and specifying the facilities and activities upon which funds were expended. It shall prepare annually, or cause to be prepared, a budget for its total operation for the ensuing fiscal period in the manner and form as required by the Legislative Budget Office.

(2) The Legislature, in the appropriation bill for the support of the State Department of Mental Health each fiscal year, shall provide that not less than twenty percent (20%) of the funds appropriated from the State General Fund to the department shall be used for providing funding for the community mental health centers throughout the state.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.