This amendment allocates $625,500 the first year from the general fund that was included in the introduced budget for the purchase of private inpatient geriatric mental health services and designates the funding for Western State Hospital for Discharge Assistance Funding. Western State Hospital is in need of DAP funds in the hospital's catchment area. DAP funding provides critical assistance to patients who are ready to discharge in order to move back into the community. The funding is necessary to avoid an increase in the extraordinary barriers to discharge list, which reflects patients continuing to be hospitalized due to the lack of community supports.