Section 10 Community Behavioral Health Promotion and Prevention Trust Fund
Subsection (b) of section 35GGG of said chapter 10, as inserted by section 7 of chapter 208 of the acts of 2018, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The fund shall be administered by the secretary of health and human services who may expend monies in the fund, without further appropriation, to support critical public health needs affecting children and young adults, or, in consultation with the community behavioral health promotion and prevention commission established in section 219 of chapter 6, may issue grants from the fund to community organizations to establish or support evidence-based and evidence-informed programs for children and young adults pursuant to subsection (c).
Summary
This section authorizes spending from the Community Behavioral Health Promotion and Prevention Trust Fund on programs to support critical public health needs affecting children and young adults.