1. The department may make incentive grants from funds specifically appropriated for this purpose to private and public entities seeking to establish a residential facility, day program or specialized service for persons affected by mental disorders, mental illness, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities or alcohol or drug abuse in unserved, underserved or inappropriately served areas of the state.

2. The department shall promulgate rules establishing procedures for monitoring and auditing such grants.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 630.425

  • Day program: a place conducted or maintained by any person who advertises or holds himself out as providing prevention, evaluation, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation for persons affected by mental disorders, mental illness, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities or alcohol or drug abuse for less than the full twenty-four hours comprising each daily period. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • Department: the department of mental health of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • Drug abuse: the use of any drug without compelling medical reason, which use results in a temporary mental, emotional or physical impairment and causes socially dysfunctional behavior, or in psychological or physiological dependency resulting from continued use, which dependency induces a mental, emotional or physical impairment and causes socially dysfunctional behavior. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • Mental illness: a state of impaired mental processes, which impairment results in a distortion of a person's capacity to recognize reality due to hallucinations, delusions, faulty perceptions or alterations of mood, and interferes with an individual's ability to reason, understand or exercise conscious control over his actions. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • Residential facility: any premises where residential prevention, evaluation, care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation is provided for persons affected by mental disorders, mental illness, intellectual disability, developmental disabilities or alcohol or drug abuse. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • Specialized service: an entity which provides prevention, evaluation, transportation, care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation services to persons affected by mental disorders, mental illness, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities or alcohol or drug abuse. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

3. The grants shall be of limited duration of one year and renewable for only one additional year if the funds are appropriated for this purpose.

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