2025 Session
Last amended: 2007 session
§ 245.486 — Limited Appropriations
Plain-Language Summary
The state and counties are only required to fund mental health services up to the amount the legislature has appropriated -- these statutes do not create an unlimited right to services beyond available funding.
245.486 LIMITED APPROPRIATIONS.
Nothing in sections 245.461 to 245.485 and 245.487 to 245.4889 shall be construed to require the commissioner or county boards to fund services beyond the limits of legislative appropriations.
History:
1987 c 403 art 2 s 40; 1989 c 282 art 4 s 35; 1991 c 292 art 6 s 58 subd 1; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 11 s 11; 2007 c 147 art 8 s 38
History: History: 1987 c 403 art 2 s 40; 1989 c 282 art 4 s 35; 1991 c 292 art 6 s 58 subd 1; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 11 s 11; 2007 c 147 art 8 s 38
Practical Notes
Important limitation – while counties must provide mental health services, they are not required to spend beyond what the legislature has appropriated.