For adult mental health and support services; provided, that the department of mental health may allocate not more than $5,000,000 from item 5095--0015 to this item, as necessary, under allocation plans submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before any such transfer, for residential and day services for clients formerly receiving care at department facilities; provided further, that not later than February 3, 2026, the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the distribution of funds per adult and child planning population and the types of services received in each region in fiscal year 2026; provided further, that the department shall maintain in fiscal year 2026 the same amount of community--based placements as in the previous 3 fiscal years; provided further, that in fiscal year 2026, the department shall expend on clubhouses not less than the amount expended on clubhouses in fiscal year 2025; provided further, that not less than $16,800,000 shall be expended for rental subsidies for the department's clients; provided further, that not less than $19,000,000 shall be expended for the jail diversion program; provided further, that funds shall be expended at not less than the same level as the prior fiscal year for jail diversion programs in municipalities that provide equal matching funds from other public or private sources; provided further, that not later than February 3, 2026 the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means regarding the: (i) number of crisis intervention team and jail diversion efforts; (ii) amount of funding per grant, delineated by city, town or provider; (iii) potential savings achieved; (iv) recommendations for expansion; and (v) outcomes measured; provided further, that $19,000,000 may be expended for the department''s emergency room diversion initiative to stabilize adults in crisis; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Malden police department to support mental health emergency crisis response in the city of Malden, including, but not limited to, funding for a mental health clinician, trainings for officers in de--escalation, negotiation, integrating communications, assessment, and tactics (ICAT) and other non--lethal response techniques and additional resources; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a grant to the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Inc. to provide assistance in connecting consumers to licensed clinical social workers through the Therapy Matcher program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the behavioral health unit for the Dracut, Tyngsborough, Tewksbury, Chelmsford and Billerica police departments to support mental health emergency crisis response in these 5 communities, including, but not limited to, funding for a mental health clinician, trainings for officers in de--escalation, negotiation, integrating communications, assessment, and tactics (ICAT) and other non--lethal response techniques and additional resources; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended on the expansion of low threshold, safe haven housing for mentally ill men and women who have been chronically homeless and are currently living in emergency shelters or on the streets in the city of Boston; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $250,000 for the assisted outpatient treatment program at Eliot Community Human Services, Inc. to treat residents who suffer from serious and persistent mental illness and experience repeated interaction with law enforcement or have a high rate of recurring hospitalization due to mental illness, either through a voluntary agreement with the resident or by a court order mandating that the resident receive the treatment described in this program; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the International Institute of New England, Inc. for culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health services; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the training of mobile crisis intervention teams to better prepare them to respond to the needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; and provided further, that the department shall issue updated regulations to improve protocols for the discharge of patients being served by programs and facilities overseen by the department, prior appropriation continued
| | General Fund | ............... | 98.55% |
| | Behavioral Health Outreach, Access and Support Trust Fund | ............... | 1.45% |
