CCS HB 267: "An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date."
00 CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 267 01 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's 02 integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 (SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 2)
01 * Section 1. The following appropriation items are for operating expenditures from the 02 general fund or other funds as set out in section 2 of this Act to the agencies named for the 03 purposes expressed for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015, 04 unless otherwise indicated. A department-wide, agency-wide, or branch-wide unallocated 05 reduction set out in this section may be allocated among the appropriations made in this 06 section to that department, agency, or branch. 07 Appropriation General Other 08 Allocations Items Funds Funds 09 * * * * * * * * * * 10 * * * * * Department of Administration * * * * * 11 * * * * * * * * * * 12 Legal and Advocacy Services 2,224,600 2,070,800 153,800 13 Office of Public Advocacy 1,908,300 14 Public Defender Agency 316,300 15 * * * * * * * * * * 16 * * * * * Department of Corrections * * * * * 17 * * * * * * * * * * 18 Inmate Health Care 6,500,400 6,024,600 475,800 19 Behavioral Health Care 6,500,400 20 Offender Habilitation 1,611,500 1,611,500 21 Substance Abuse Treatment 1,611,500 22 Program 23 * * * * * * * * * * 24 * * * * * Department of Education and Early Development * * * * * 25 * * * * * * * * * * 26 A school district may not receive state education aid for K-12 support appropriated under this 27 section and distributed by the Department of Education and Early Development under AS 28 14.17 if the school district (1) has a policy refusing to allow recruiters for any branch of the 29 United States military, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Central Intelligence Agency, or 30 Federal Bureau of Investigation to contact students on a school campus if the school district 31 allows college, vocational school, or other job recruiters on a campus to contact students; (2)
01 refuses to allow the Boy Scouts of America to use school facilities for meetings or contact 02 with students if the school makes the facility available to other non-school groups in the 03 community; or (3) has a policy of refusing to have an in-school Reserve Officers' Training 04 Corps program or a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. 05 Teaching and Learning Support 477,800 377,800 100,000 06 Student and School 477,800 07 Achievement 08 * * * * * * * * * * 09 * * * * * Department of Health and Social Services * * * * * 10 * * * * * * * * * * 11 At the discretion of the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, up to 12 $50,000,000 may be transferred between appropriations in the Department of Health and 13 Social Services. 14 It is the intent of the legislature that the Department of Health and Social Services submit a 15 report of transfers between appropriations that occurred in the first half of FY2015 by January 16 30, 2015, and a report of transfers in the second half of FY2015, by September 1, 2015, to the 17 House and Senate Finance Committees and the Legislative Finance Division. 18 It is the intent of the legislature that the department find efficiencies, and use savings from 19 those efficiencies, to implement priorities of the department. These priorities may include 20 implementing the 2012 Office of Children's Services Workload Study recommendations. 21 Alaska Pioneer Homes 15,794,700 15,794,700 22 It is the intent of the legislature that the department submit a report to the legislature by 23 January 22, 2015, outlining statutory and regulatory changes that need to occur to ensure that 24 the Alaska Pioneer Homes maximize Medicaid funding. 25 Alaska Pioneer Homes 64,200 26 Management 27 Pioneer Homes 15,730,500 28 The amount allocated for Pioneer Homes includes the unexpended and unobligated balance 29 on June 30, 2014, of the Department of Health and Social Services, Pioneer Homes care and 30 support receipts under AS 47.55.030. 31 Behavioral Health 86,079,000 84,264,600 1,814,400
01 AK Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 359,500 02 Program 03 Alcohol Safety Action 1,005,800 04 Program (ASAP) 05 Behavioral Health Grants 23,552,400 06 Behavioral Health 5,756,500 07 Administration 08 Community Action Prevention 1,538,200 09 & Intervention Grants 10 Rural Services and Suicide 2,323,700 11 Prevention 12 Psychiatric Emergency 5,655,100 13 Services 14 Services to the Seriously 16,968,600 15 Mentally Ill 16 Designated Evaluation and 3,390,700 17 Treatment 18 Services for Severely 13,942,600 19 Emotionally Disturbed Youth 20 Alaska Psychiatric 6,685,300 21 Institute 22 Alaska Mental Health Board 1,000,000 23 and Advisory Board on 24 Alcohol and Drug Abuse 25 Suicide Prevention Council 662,500 26 Residential Child Care 3,238,100 27 Children's Services 10,245,400 10,065,400 180,000 28 Children's Services 69,500 29 Management 30 Front Line Social Workers 148,500 31 Family Preservation 726,000
01 Foster Care Augmented Rate 500,000 02 Foster Care Special Need 747,900 03 Infant Learning Program 8,053,500 04 Grants 05 Health Care Services 128,400 128,400 06 Residential Licensing 128,400 07 Juvenile Justice 1,501,100 1,232,400 268,700 08 McLaughlin Youth Center 721,500 09 Fairbanks Youth Facility 114,400 10 Bethel Youth Facility 63,000 11 Probation Services 602,200 12 Public Assistance 13,200 13,200 13 Public Assistance 13,200 14 Administration 15 Public Health 1,764,900 1,449,900 315,000 16 Health Planning and Systems 801,600 17 Development 18 It is the intent of the legislature that the Health Care Professions Loan Repayment and 19 Incentive Program be administered in stricter accordance to statute which directs that there 20 should be an emphasis on providing residents of rural areas of the state improved access to 21 health care services, and improving the distribution of health care professionals who provide 22 direct patient care. 23 It is the intent of the legislature that the match requirement for the Health Care Professions 24 Loan Repayment and Incentive Program be adjusted only for non-profit employers or other 25 entities and only when the employer or other entity demonstrates an inability to pay the 26 amount prescribed in regulation and upon the Commissioner's written approval. It is also the 27 intent of the legislature that employers or other entities that are government entities pay a 28 match at least equal to that prescribed for non-profit employers. 29 Nursing 98,200 30 Women, Children and Family 865,100 31 Health
01 Senior and Disabilities Services 17,580,700 16,211,900 1,368,800 02 Senior and Disabilities 3,225,000 03 Services Administration 04 General Relief/Temporary 740,300 05 Assisted Living 06 Senior Community Based 4,466,600 07 Grants 08 Community Developmental 8,082,600 09 Disabilities Grants 10 Commission on Aging 146,400 11 Governor's Council on 919,800 12 Disabilities and Special 13 Education 14 Departmental Support Services 459,800 459,800 15 Commissioner's Office 109,800 16 HSS State Facilities Rent 350,000 17 Medicaid Services 73,985,500 73,985,500 18 No money appropriated in this appropriation may be expended for an abortion that is not a 19 mandatory service required under AS 47.07.030(a). The money appropriated for Health and 20 Social Services may be expended only for mandatory services required under Title XIX of the 21 Social Security Act and for optional services offered by the state under the state plan for 22 medical assistance that has been approved by the United States Department of Health and 23 Human Services. 24 Behavioral Health Medicaid 72,006,300 25 Services 26 Children's Medicaid 1,979,200 27 Services 28 * * * * * * * * * * 29 * * * * * Department of Labor and Workforce Development * * * * * 30 * * * * * * * * * * 31 Vocational Rehabilitation 100,000 100,000
01 Special Projects 100,000 02 * * * * * * * * * * 03 * * * * * Department of Law * * * * * 04 * * * * * * * * * * 05 Criminal Division 15,000 15,000 06 Third Judicial District: 15,000 07 Anchorage 08 Civil Division 97,000 97,000 09 Human Services 97,000 10 * * * * * * * * * * 11 * * * * * Department of Natural Resources * * * * * 12 * * * * * * * * * * 13 Administration & Support Services 4,071,400 4,071,400 14 Mental Health Trust Lands 4,071,400 15 Administration 16 * * * * * * * * * * 17 * * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 18 * * * * * * * * * * 19 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority 4,339,200 912,500 3,426,700 20 It is the intent of the legislature that the Alaska Mental Health Trust assess the potential 21 impact of expanded broadband on long term general fund operating costs by looking at the 22 following: 23 1. Existing broadband capacity (including educational and tribal health networks) that could 24 be accessed by the state; 25 2. The broadband capacity needed to improve access to health care; 26 3. Costs of and barriers to expanding broadband; and 27 4. Potential long-term general fund savings attributable to expanding broadband access. 28 It is also the intent of the legislature that the Alaska Mental Health Trust submit a report to the 29 legislature outlining the results of assessing the above items by January 15, 2015. 30 Mental Health Trust 3,926,700 31 Operations
01 Long Term Care Ombudsman 412,500 02 Office 03 * * * * * * * * * * 04 * * * * * University of Alaska * * * * * 05 * * * * * * * * * * 06 University of Alaska 2,520,800 655,800 1,865,000 07 It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Alaska maintain the University of 08 Alaska Anchorage Office of Research and Graduate Studies and the University of Alaska 09 Fairbanks Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization and continue to explore 10 additional funding opportunities. 11 It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Alaska shall collect data on recent and 12 future graduates so that a performance matrix may be established for each degree program 13 offered by the University. Information should include the number of students who graduate, 14 when they are employed in a related field of study and at what salary, what their debt load 15 was upon graduation, and other demographic information. 16 It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Alaska carefully review every program 17 and reevaluate and implement benchmarks with measurable outcomes, delete any unnecessary 18 programs, implement streamlining and efficiency measures, conduct a systemwide audit, 19 implement and conduct rigorous employee evaluations using best practices, strongly consider 20 fiscal impacts during employee labor contract negotiations to help lower costs, attain and 21 implement cost-savings in travel policy, maximize energy and heating efficiencies in 22 buildings, and sell, lease, or repurpose buildings for maximum utilization. 23 It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Alaska submits a Fiscal Year 2016 24 budget in which requests for unrestricted general fund increments do not exceed the amount 25 of additional University Receipts requested for that year. It is the intent of the legislature that 26 future budget requests of the University of Alaska for unrestricted general funds move toward 27 a long-term goal of 125 percent of actual University Receipts for the most recently closed 28 fiscal year. 29 Anchorage Campus 2,470,800 30 Fairbanks Campus 50,000 31 * * * * * * * * * *
01 * * * * * Alaska Court System * * * * * 02 * * * * * * * * * * 03 Alaska Court System 227,000 227,000 04 Trial Courts 227,000 05 Therapeutic Courts 3,453,900 2,993,600 460,300 06 Therapeutic Courts 3,453,900 07 (SECTION 2 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 2. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 1 of 02 this Act. 03 Funding Source Amount 04 Department of Administration 05 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 2,070,800 06 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 153,800 07 *** Total Agency Funding *** 2,224,600 08 Department of Corrections 09 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 7,636,100 10 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 475,800 11 *** Total Agency Funding *** 8,111,900 12 Department of Education and Early Development 13 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 377,800 14 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 100,000 15 *** Total Agency Funding *** 477,800 16 Department of Health and Social Services 17 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 183,981,300 18 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 3,946,900 19 1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment & Prevention Fund 19,624,500 20 *** Total Agency Funding *** 207,552,700 21 Department of Labor and Workforce Development 22 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 100,000 23 *** Total Agency Funding *** 100,000 24 Department of Law 25 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 97,000 26 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 15,000 27 *** Total Agency Funding *** 112,000 28 Department of Natural Resources 29 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 4,071,400 30 *** Total Agency Funding *** 4,071,400 31 Department of Revenue
01 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 912,500 02 1094 Mental Health Trust Administration 3,426,700 03 *** Total Agency Funding *** 4,339,200 04 University of Alaska 05 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 655,800 06 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 1,865,000 07 *** Total Agency Funding *** 2,520,800 08 Alaska Court System 09 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 2,702,600 10 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 460,300 11 1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment & Prevention Fund 518,000 12 *** Total Agency Funding *** 3,680,900 13 * * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 233,191,300 14 (SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 3. The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec. 1 of 02 this Act. 03 Funding Source Amount 04 Unrestricted General 05 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 198,533,900 06 *** Total Unrestricted General *** 198,533,900 07 Designated General 08 1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment & Prevention Fund 20,142,500 09 *** Total Designated General *** 20,142,500 10 Other Non-Duplicated 11 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 11,088,200 12 1094 Mental Health Trust Administration 3,426,700 13 *** Total Other Non-Duplicated *** 14,514,900 14 (SECTION 4 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 4. The following appropriation items are for capital projects and grants from the 02 general fund or other funds as set out in section 5 of this Act by funding source to the 03 agencies named for the purposes expressed and lapse under AS 37.25.020, unless otherwise 04 noted. 05 Appropriation General Other 06 Allocations Items Funds Funds 07 * * * * * * * * * * 08 * * * * * Department of Health and Social Services * * * * * 09 * * * * * * * * * * 10 MH Essential Program Equipment (HD 1- 500,000 250,000 250,000 11 40) 12 MH Home Modification and Upgrades to 1,050,000 750,000 300,000 13 Retain Housing (HD 1-40) 14 * * * * * * * * * * 15 * * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 16 * * * * * * * * * * 17 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 18 MH: AHFC Beneficiary and Special Needs 1,750,000 1,750,000 19 Housing (HD 1-40) 20 MH: AHFC Homeless Assistance Program 8,000,000 7,150,000 850,000 21 (HD 1-40) 22 * * * * * * * * * * 23 * * * * * Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * * * * * 24 * * * * * * * * * * 25 MH Coordinated Transportation and 1,050,000 800,000 250,000 26 Vehicles (HD 1-40) 27 (SECTION 5 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 5. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 4 of 02 this Act. 03 Funding Source Amount 04 Department of Health and Social Services 05 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 1,000,000 06 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 550,000 07 *** Total Agency Funding *** 1,550,000 08 Department of Revenue 09 1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 8,050,000 10 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 850,000 11 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 850,000 12 *** Total Agency Funding *** 9,750,000 13 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 14 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 800,000 15 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 250,000 16 *** Total Agency Funding *** 1,050,000 17 * * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 12,350,000 18 (SECTION 6 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 6. The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec. 4 of 02 this Act. 03 Funding Source Amount 04 Unrestricted General 05 1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 8,050,000 06 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 2,650,000 07 *** Total Unrestricted General *** 10,700,000 08 Other Non-Duplicated 09 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 1,650,000 10 *** Total Other Non-Duplicated *** 1,650,000 11 (SECTION 7 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 7. PURPOSE. In accordance with AS 37.14.003 and 37.14.005, the appropriations 02 made in this Act are for the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program. 03 * Sec. 8. NONGENERAL FUND RECEIPTS. (a) Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority 04 authorized receipts (AS 37.14.036) or administration receipts (AS 37.14.036) that exceed the 05 amounts appropriated by this Act are appropriated conditioned upon compliance with the 06 program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 07 (b) If Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority authorized receipts (AS 37.14.036) or 08 administration receipts (AS 37.14.036) fall short of the estimates used as the basis of the 09 appropriation, the affected appropriation is reduced by the amount of the shortfall in receipts. 10 * Sec. 9. SALARY AND BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The appropriations made in sec. 11 1 of this Act include amounts for salary and benefit adjustments for public officials, officers, 12 and employees of the executive branch, Alaska Court System employees, employees of the 13 legislature, and legislators and to implement the terms for the fiscal year ending June 30, 14 2015, of the following collective bargaining agreements: 15 (1) Public Employees Local 71, for the labor, trades and crafts unit; 16 (2) Teachers' Education Association of Mt. Edgecumbe; 17 (3) Alaska Correctional Officers Association, representing the correctional 18 officers unit; 19 (4) Confidential Employees Association, for the confidential unit; 20 (5) Alaska Public Employees Association, for the supervisory unit; 21 (6) Alaska State Employees Association, for the general government unit; 22 (7) Public Safety Employees Association; 23 (8) Alaska Vocational Technical Center Teachers' Association. 24 (b) The operating budget appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec. 1 of 25 this Act include amounts for salary and benefit adjustments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 26 2015, for university employees who are not members of a collective bargaining unit and to 27 implement the terms for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, of the following collective 28 bargaining agreements: 29 (1) University of Alaska Federation of Teachers; 30 (2) Fairbanks Firefighters Union, IAFF Local 1324; 31 (3) United Academics - American Association of University Professors,
01 American Federation of Teachers; 02 (4) United Academic - Adjuncts - American Association of University 03 Professors, American Federation of Teachers; 04 (5) Alaska Higher Education Crafts and Trades Employees, Local 6070. 05 (c) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (a) of this section is not ratified by 06 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit, the appropriations made in this 07 Act that are applicable to the collective bargaining unit's agreement are reduced 08 proportionately by the amount for that collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding 09 funding source amounts are reduced accordingly. 10 (d) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (b) of this section is not ratified by 11 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit and approved by the Board of 12 Regents of the University of Alaska, the appropriations made in this Act that are applicable to 13 the collective bargaining unit's agreement are reduced proportionately by the amount for the 14 collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding source amounts are reduced 15 accordingly. 16 (e) Appropriations made in sec. 1 of this Act for salary and benefit adjustments as 17 described in (a) and (b) of this section are for the benefit of the state's integrated 18 comprehensive mental health program only and do not necessarily affect every group of 19 noncovered employees or every collective bargaining unit listed in (a) and (b) of this section. 20 * Sec. 10. This Act takes effect July 1, 2014.