71.24.420 - Expenditure of federal funds. - Washington Statutes

Expenditure of federal funds.

The department shall operate the community mental health service delivery system authorized under this chapter within the following constraints:

     (1) The full amount of federal funds for mental health services, plus qualifying state expenditures as appropriated in the biennial operating budget, shall be appropriated to the department each year in the biennial appropriations act to carry out the provisions of the community mental health service delivery system authorized in this chapter.

     (2) The department may expend funds defined in subsection (1) of this section in any manner that will effectively accomplish the outcome measures defined in *section 5 of this act.

     (3) The department shall implement strategies that accomplish the outcome measures identified in *section 5 of this act that are within the funding constraints in this section.

     (4) The department shall monitor expenditures against the appropriation levels provided for in subsection (1) of this section.

[2001 c 323 § 2.]

Notes: *Reviser's note: Section 5 of this act was vetoed by the governor.