KRS 533.290: Behavioral Health Conditional Dismissal Program trust fund.

(1) There is hereby created a trust and agency account to be known as the Behavioral

Health Conditional Dismissal Program trust fund to be administered by the

Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities

within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

(2) The fund may contain:

(a) Appropriations by the General Assembly for the purpose of the behavioral

health conditional dismissal program;

(b) State and federal grants, including but not limited to treatment related to

substance use disorder or a mental health disorder;

(c) Opioid settlement moneys made available for the purposes of the fund;

(d) Devises, bequests, gifts, and donations, including philanthropic organizations;

and

(e) Any other contributions from public agencies or other entities made available

for the purposes of the fund.

(3) Moneys deposited in the fund shall be used to administer and support the purposes

of KRS 533.270 to 533.290 and may include payments for services rendered by a

qualified mental health provi der as defined under KRS 533.270 and treatment

program providers upon exhaustion of payments from other payment providers,

including but not limited to Medicaid and private insurance.

(4) The department may, in accordance with KRS Chapter 45A, select and c ontract

with a third-party administrator to serve as the benefit manager for the program. The

contract between the department and the benefit manager shall be submitted to the

Government Contract Review Committee of the Legislative Research Commission

for comment and review.

(5) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any moneys remaining in the fund at the close of the

fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year

to be used for the purposes established in KRS 533.270 to 533.290.

(6) Any interest earned on moneys in the fund shall accrue to the fund and shall not

lapse.

(7) Moneys deposited in the fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes set forth in

this section and shall not be appropriated or transferred by the General Assembly

for any other purposes.