Acceptable uses of the grant money and matching funds include:
(1) continuing a mental health jail diversion program;
(2) establishing or expanding a mental health jail diversion program;
(3) establishing alternatives to competency restoration in a state hospital, including outpatient competency restoration, inpatient competency restoration in a setting other than a state hospital, or jail-based competency restoration;
(4) providing assertive community treatment or forensic assertive community treatment with an outreach component;
(5) providing intensive mental health services and substance use treatment not readily available in the county;
(6) providing continuity of care services for an individual being released from a state hospital;
(7) establishing interdisciplinary rapid response teams to reduce law enforcement’s involvement with mental health emergencies; and
(8) providing local community hospital, crisis, respite, or residential beds.

Text of section effective on April 01, 2025