Pennsylvania Statutes Title 50 P.S. Mental Health § 4508. Relief of county from obligation to insure service; State's obligation; liability in such cases

(a) If local authorities cannot insure the availability of any of the services required by section 301,  1 or if they assert that it would be economically unsound to do so, such authorities may make application to the department to be relieved for the period of one year from the duty to insure their availability.

Such application shall specify: (i) the service or services involved and (ii) facts upon which it seeks relief.

(b) If the department after consideration of the application and such independent investigation as it shall deem appropriate determines that the application is justified, it may approve the same, in which event, the department may insure the availability of the service or services specified in the application, for the year specified in the application.

(c) When the department provides said service or services under this section, the liability shall be apportioned in accordance with the appropriate formula determined in accordance with section 509(1). 2

(d) Local authorities may make successive application hereunder.