53-21-1210. (Temporary) Grants -- reporting requirements. (1) Subject to appropriation by the legislature, the department shall award competitive grants to local communities for establishing mobile crisis units.

(2) A grant award under this section may not exceed $125,000 and must be matched in the amount of $1 in local government matching funds for each $1 in grant money awarded.

(3) (a) At least one grant awarded under this section must be awarded to a rural community, unless no rural community applies for a grant under this section. Two or more rural communities located in close proximity to each other may apply jointly for a grant under this section.

(b) For the purposes of this subsection (3), "rural community" means a city, town, consolidated city-county, or unincorporated area with a population of no more than 15,000 inhabitants.

(4) A grant application must include, at a minimum, the following elements:

(a) a proposal containing information that is sufficient for the department to obtain an adequate understanding of how the program will operate, including the:

(i) days and hours proposed to be staffed;

(ii) criteria for hiring mobile crisis unit personnel;

(iii) plan for training and certification of mobile crisis unit professionals, which must include first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and nonviolent crisis resolution; and

(iv) plan for transporting mobile crisis units;

(b) the proposed budget;

(c) proof of available local government matching funds in the amount of $1 for each $1 applied for in grant money;

(d) written confirmation from the local law enforcement agency that the local law enforcement agency is amenable to coordinating with the mobile crisis unit and the proposed coordination protocol; and

(e) the name of the consulting company that will be utilized, if applicable.

(5) Grant recipients shall collect data and information on emergency room and jail diversion, crisis intervention, and connection with followup services and present the data and information in the form and manner prescribed by the department to support program evaluation, measure progress on performance goals, and allow for a state plan amendment establishing the reimbursement rate for mobile crisis services to be drafted and sent to the centers for medicare and medicaid services for approval.

(6) The department shall present a report containing the information received and processed in subsection (5) to the children, families, health, and human services interim committee by June 15, 2020. (Terminates June 30, 2021--sec. 9, Ch. 416, L. 2019.)