Section 9 Community Behavioral Health Promotion and Prevention Trust Fund

Subsection (b) of section 35GGG of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as added 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, without further appropriation, by the secretary of health and human services who, in consultation with the community behavioral health promotion and prevention commission established in section 219 of chapter 6: (i) shall expend monies in the fund to issue grants to support community organizations to establish or support evidence-based and evidence-informed programs for children and young adults pursuant to subsection (c); and (ii) may expend monies in the fund to support critical public health needs affecting children and young adults.