Section 97-DDDD. Community mental health support and workforce reinvestment account

1. There is hereby created in the custody  of  the
  state  comptroller  and  the  commissioner  of  taxation  and finance an
  account of the special revenue fund to be known as the community  mental
  health support and workforce reinvestment account.
    2.  The  commissioner  of the office of mental health shall notify the
  director of the budget when the number of children's psychiatric  center
  beds  or  adult, non-geriatric psychiatric center beds closed in any one
  year exceeds the number of beds projected to be closed by the office  of
  mental  health  in  the  executive  budget request submitted in the year
  prior to the fiscal  year  for  which  the  executive  budget  is  being
  submitted.  Notwithstanding  any  other  law,  rule or regulation to the
  contrary the director of the budget shall then transfer  the  amount  of
  actual state operations general fund appropriation reductions, including
  personal  service  and  nonpersonal  service, directly attributed to the
  closure of such beds, to the state comptroller  who  shall  then  credit
  such appropriation reductions to the community mental health support and
  workforce  reinvestment  account.  The  per  bed appropriation reduction
  shall be no less than seventy thousand dollars on a full annual basis.
    3. Moneys of this account, following appropriation by the legislature,
  shall be available to the office of mental health  for  disbursement  to
  local governments and not-for-profit operated mental health agencies for
  services and expenses of community support and workforce reinvestment.
    * NB Repealed March 31, 2010