This amendment provides $250,000 the first year and $500,000 the second year from the general fund for local inpatient purchase of service (LIPOS) dollars to allow community services boards to contract with private hospitals for acute and sub-acute mental health treatment. Funding will be used to contract for additional inpatient bed days at local hospitals in regions throughout the Commonwealth that are currently experiencing a shortfall in funding. Additional resources for LIPOS may result in fewer inpatient hospital admissions to state mental health facilities at a time when additional bed capacity within state facilities is limited.