Section 41.14. Optional plans for the provision of services

1. There shall be two alternatives to state-local participation in the
  provision  of  services  for  the  mentally disabled of the community. A
  local governmental unit may submit a local  services  plan  or,  in  the
  alternative,  it  may submit a unified services plan. No initial unified
  services plan may be submitted unless the local  governmental  unit  has
  given  notice  in  writing to the single agent jointly designated by the
  commissioners of the offices of its intent to  submit  such  a  plan  at
  least  six  months  prior  to the time that the unified services plan is
  required by this  article  to  be  submitted  to  the  commissioner,  or
  commissioners having jurisdiction of the services, for approval.
    2.  The  commissioner,  or  commissioners  having  jurisdiction of the
  services, upon receiving such notice, shall cause an  evaluation  to  be
  made of the resources available for the planning of services in the area
  and shall direct the appropriate department facilities to cooperate with
  the  local  governmental  unit,  or  units, in the development of such a
  plan.  After a unified services plan has become effective  for  a  local
  fiscal year, services for the area served by the local governmental unit
  which has adopted such plan shall be by means of a unified services plan
  for each local fiscal year thereafter.