The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities may, when funds are available for such purposes, make grants to assist counties, cities, towns, political subdivisions or any combinations thereof, or any nonprofit corporation, in the establishment and operation of local mental health programs to provide the following services: (1) Collaborative and cooperative services with public health, education, welfare and other groups for programs of prevention of mental illness, intellectual disability and other psychiatric disabilities; (2) Informational and educational services to the general public and lay and professional groups; (3) Consultative services to schools, courts and health and welfare agencies, both public and private; (4) Diagnostic and treatment services; and (5) After care services for patients suffering from mental or emotional disorders, intellectual disability and other psychiatric conditions, particularly those who have received prior treatment in an in-patient facility. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18.
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