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DIGEST OF SB518 (Updated February 26, 2002 7:15 PM - DI 84)
Mental health center service areas. Establishes primary service areas for community mental health centers. Provides an option for a county and a community mental health center to initiate a request to change the primary service area or the provider assignment. Protects a consumer's right to choose or obtain access to the services of any provider certified to provide publicly supported mental health services. Specifies the distribution formula for county payments to certain community mental health centers. Requires certain community mental health centers to have a county fiscal body representative on the center's governing board. Requires community mental health centers to provide an annual report to the fiscal body of each county from which the center receives funding.