§ 36-216 — Budget for state hospital

A. The department shall present a budget request that includes all information on the potential availability of other monies, including federal monies, that may be used in the following fiscal year to fund the state hospital.

B. The budget request presented pursuant to subsection A of this section shall include a proposed budget for the state hospital, with a specific amount of the total budget estimated to be used for patients who are seriously mentally ill.

C. Monies appropriated to the department for the state hospital programs, fees generated by the department for these programs and grants and gifts to the department shall be maintained in the appropriate fund to pay program and administrative costs. The administrative costs of each program shall be separately identified in the accounting records of the department.