HB 270: "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 HOUSE BILL NO. 270 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 the fiscal year 2025 budget summary for the 03 operating budget by funding source to the agencies named for the purposes expressed for the 04 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025, unless otherwise indicated. 05 Appropriation General Other 06 Allocations Items Funds Funds 07 * * * * * * * * * * 08 * * * * * Department of Administration * * * * * 09 * * * * * * * * * * 10 Legal and Advocacy Services 3,816,100 3,444,500 371,600 11 Office of Public Advocacy 2,554,900 12 Public Defender Agency 1,261,200 13 * * * * * * * * * * 14 * * * * * Department of Corrections * * * * * 15 * * * * * * * * * * 16 Community Residential Centers 1,000,000 1,000,000 17 Community Residential 1,000,000 18 Centers 19 Health and Rehabilitation Services 15,306,600 14,533,900 772,700 20 Physical Health Care 3,512,000 21 Behavioral Health Care 7,975,700 22 Substance Abuse 1,643,900 23 Treatment Program 24 Sex Offender Management 2,000,000 25 Program 26 Domestic Violence 175,000 27 Program 28 Offender Habilitation 1,433,000 1,433,000 29 Education Programs 827,000 30 Vocational Education 606,000 31 Programs
01 Recidivism Reduction Grants 504,000 504,000 02 Recidivism Reduction 504,000 03 Grants 04 * * * * * * * * * * 05 * * * * * Department of Education and Early Development * * * * * 06 * * * * * * * * * * 07 Education Support and Admin Services 512,500 377,800 134,700 08 Student and School 512,500 09 Achievement 10 * * * * * * * * * * 11 * * * * * Department of Family and Community Services * * * * * 12 * * * * * * * * * * 13 Alaska Psychiatric Institute 20,942,400 20,942,400 14 Alaska Psychiatric Institute 20,942,400 15 Children's Services 2,711,900 2,376,900 335,000 16 Children's Services 554,500 17 Management 18 Front Line Social Workers 148,500 19 Family Preservation 726,000 20 Foster Care Augmented 500,000 21 Rate 22 Foster Care Special Need 782,900 23 Juvenile Justice 1,586,900 1,486,900 100,000 24 McLaughlin Youth Center 878,100 25 Fairbanks Youth Facility 127,200 26 Bethel Youth Facility 195,600 27 Probation Services 386,000 28 Departmental Support Services 6,648,500 6,104,900 543,600 29 Coordinated Health and 6,104,900 30 Complex Care 31 Commissioner's Office 543,600
01 * * * * * * * * * * 02 * * * * * Department of Health * * * * * 03 * * * * * * * * * * 04 Behavioral Health 57,447,300 56,030,500 1,416,800 05 Behavioral Health 36,431,700 06 Treatment and Recovery 07 Grants 08 Alcohol Safety Action 1,241,200 09 Program (ASAP) 10 Behavioral Health 10,542,400 11 Administration 12 Behavioral Health 5,537,000 13 Prevention and Early 14 Intervention Grants 15 Alaska Mental Health 997,600 16 Board and Advisory Board 17 on Alcohol and Drug Abuse 18 Suicide Prevention Council 608,700 19 Residential Child Care 2,088,700 20 Health Care Services 152,900 152,900 21 Residential Licensing 152,900 22 Public Health 6,506,400 5,421,000 1,085,400 23 Women, Children and 2,225,800 24 Family Health 25 Emergency Programs 680,400 26 Chronic Disease Prevention 3,560,200 27 and Health Promotion 28 Bureau of Vital Statistics 40,000 29 Senior and Disabilities Services 12,787,900 11,021,000 1,766,900 30 Senior and Disabilities 1,430,600 31 Community Based Grants
01 Early Intervention/Infant 7,884,500 02 Learning Programs 03 Senior and Disabilities 2,293,500 04 Services Administration 05 General Relief/Temporary 740,300 06 Assisted Living 07 Commission on Aging 210,100 08 Governor's Council on 228,900 09 Disabilities and Special 10 Education 11 Medicaid Services 82,155,800 82,155,800 12 Medicaid Services 82,155,800 13 * * * * * * * * * * 14 * * * * * Department of Labor and Workforce Development * * * * * 15 * * * * * * * * * * 16 Commissioner and Administrative 25,300 25,300 17 Services 18 Labor Market Information 25,300 19 * * * * * * * * * * 20 * * * * * Department of Law * * * * * 21 * * * * * * * * * * 22 Civil Division 100,100 100,100 23 The amount appropriated by this appropriation includes the unexpended and unobligated 24 balance on June 30, 2024, of inter-agency receipts collected in the Department of Law's 25 federally approved cost allocation plan. 26 Protective Legal Services 100,100 27 and Support 28 * * * * * * * * * * 29 * * * * * Department of Natural Resources * * * * * 30 * * * * * * * * * * 31 Administration & Support Services 5,156,600 5,156,600
01 Mental Health Trust Lands 5,156,600 02 Administration 03 * * * * * * * * * * 04 * * * * * Department of Public Safety * * * * * 05 * * * * * * * * * * 06 Alaska State Troopers 100,000 50,000 50,000 07 Alaska State Trooper 100,000 08 Detachments 09 Alaska Police Standards Council 80,000 80,000 10 The amount appropriated by this appropriation includes the unexpended and unobligated 11 balance on June 30, 2024, of the receipts collected under AS 12.25.195(c), AS 12.55.039, AS 12 28.05.151, and AS 29.25.074 and receipts collected under AS 18.65.220(7). 13 Alaska Police Standards 80,000 14 Council 15 Victim Services 2,004,600 2,004,600 16 Council on Domestic 2,004,600 17 Violence and Sexual Assault 18 * * * * * * * * * * 19 * * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 20 * * * * * * * * * * 21 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority 5,452,900 553,300 4,899,600 22 Mental Health Trust 4,899,600 23 Operations 24 Long Term Care 553,300 25 Ombudsman Office 26 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 400,000 200,000 200,000 27 AHFC Operations 400,000 28 * * * * * * * * * * 29 * * * * * University of Alaska * * * * * 30 * * * * * * * * * * 31 University of Alaska 3,168,300 1,005,800 2,162,500
01 Anchorage Campus 3,118,300 02 Fairbanks Campus 50,000 03 * * * * * * * * * * 04 * * * * * Judiciary * * * * * 05 * * * * * * * * * * 06 Alaska Court System 532,800 532,800 07 Trial Courts 532,800 08 Therapeutic Courts 4,339,300 4,161,000 178,300 09 Therapeutic Courts 4,339,300 10 (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 02 of this Act. 03 Funding Source Amount 04 Department of Administration 05 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 3,444,500 06 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 371,600 07 Receipts 08 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $3,816,100 09 Department of Corrections 10 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 8,846,900 11 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 772,700 12 Receipts 13 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 8,624,000 14 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $18,243,600 15 Department of Education and Early Development 16 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 377,800 17 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 134,700 18 Receipts 19 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $512,500 20 Department of Family and Community Services 21 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 30,911,100 22 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 978,600 23 Receipts 24 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $31,889,700 25 Department of Health 26 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 120,069,300 27 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 4,269,100 28 Receipts 29 1180 Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Treatment & 20,382,000 30 Prevention Fund 31 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 6,008,900
01 1254 Marijuana Education and Treatment Fund 8,321,000 02 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $159,050,300 03 Department of Labor and Workforce Development 04 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 25,300 05 Receipts 06 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $25,300 07 Department of Law 08 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 100,100 09 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $100,100 10 Department of Natural Resources 11 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 5,156,600 12 Receipts 13 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $5,156,600 14 Department of Public Safety 15 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 50,000 16 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 130,000 17 Receipts 18 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 2,004,600 19 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $2,184,600 20 Department of Revenue 21 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 753,300 22 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 200,000 23 Receipts 24 1094 Mental Health Trust Administration 4,899,600 25 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $5,852,900 26 University of Alaska 27 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 1,005,800 28 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 2,162,500 29 Receipts 30 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $3,168,300 31 Judiciary
01 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 4,175,800 02 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 178,300 03 Receipts 04 1180 Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Treatment & 518,000 05 Prevention Fund 06 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $4,872,100 07 * * * Total Budget * * * $234,872,100 08 (SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 3. The following appropriations are for capital projects and grants from the general 02 fund or other funds as set out in Section 4 of this Act by funding source to the agencies named 03 for the purposes expressed. They lapse under AS 37.25.020, unless otherwise noted. 04 Appropriation General Other 05 Allocations Items Funds Funds 06 * * * * * * * * * * 07 * * * * * Department of Health * * * * * 08 * * * * * * * * * * 09 MH Trust: Essential Program Equipment 500,000 250,000 250,000 10 (HD 1-40) 11 MH Trust: Home Modification and 575,000 575,000 12 Upgrades to Retain Housing (HD 1-40) 13 * * * * * * * * * * 14 * * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 15 * * * * * * * * * * 16 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 17 MH Trust: AHFC Rural Housing 135,000 135,000 18 Coordinator - Northwest Arctic Borough 19 (HD 1-40) 20 MH Trust: AHFC Rural Housing 135,000 135,000 21 Coordinator - New Region (HD 1-40) 22 MH Trust: AHFC Beneficiary and Special 1,950,000 1,750,000 200,000 23 Needs Housing (HD 1-40) 24 MH Trust: AHFC Homeless Assistance 7,300,000 6,350,000 950,000 25 Program (HD 1-40) 26 * * * * * * * * * * 27 * * * * * Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * * * * * 28 * * * * * * * * * * 29 MH Trust: Coordinated Transportation 1,300,000 1,000,000 300,000 30 and Vehicles (HD 1-40) 31 (SECTION 4 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 4. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 3 02 of this Act. 03 Funding Source Amount 04 Department of Health 05 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 825,000 06 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 250,000 07 Receipts 08 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $1,075,000 09 Department of Revenue 10 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 1,420,000 11 Receipts 12 1139 AHFC Dividend 8,100,000 13 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $9,520,000 14 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 15 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 1,000,000 16 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 300,000 17 Receipts 18 * * * Total Agency Funding * * * $1,300,000 19 * * * Total Budget * * * $11,895,000 20 (SECTION 5 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 5. The following summarizes by fund source the funding for appropriations made in 02 secs. 1 and 3 of this Act. 03 Funding Source Amount 04 Unrestricted General Funds 05 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 171,559,600 06 1139 AHFC Dividend 8,100,000 07 * * * Total Unrestricted General Funds * * * $179,659,600 08 Designated General Funds 09 1180 Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Treatment & 20,900,000 10 Prevention Fund 11 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 16,637,500 12 1254 Marijuana Education and Treatment Fund 8,321,000 13 * * * Total Designated General Funds * * * $45,858,500 14 Other Non-Duplicated Funds 15 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized 16,349,400 16 Receipts 17 1094 Mental Health Trust Administration 4,899,600 18 * * * Total Other Non-Duplicated Funds * * * $21,249,000 19 Other Duplicated Funds 20 * * * Total Other Duplicated Funds * * * $0 21 Federal Receipts 22 * * * Total Federal Receipts * * * $0 23 * * * Total Budget * * * $246,767,100 24 (SECTION 6 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 6. 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. 7. 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 in 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. 8. SALARY AND BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The appropriations made in sec.1 11 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 monetary terms for the fiscal year ending 14 June 30, 2025, of the following ongoing collective bargaining agreements, including the 15 monetary terms of any letters of agreement: 16 (1) Alaska State Employees Association, for the general government unit; 17 (2) Alaska Vocational Technical Center Teachers' Association, National 18 Education Association, representing the employees of the Alaska Vocational Technical 19 Center; 20 (3) Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, representing licensed engineers 21 employed by the Alaska marine highway system; 22 (4) International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, representing the 23 masters, mates, and pilots unit; 24 (5) Confidential Employees Association, representing the confidential unit; 25 (6) Teachers' Education Association of Mt. Edgecumbe, representing the 26 teachers of Mt. Edgecumbe High School; 27 (7) Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, Alaska Region, representing the 28 unlicensed marine unit; 29 (8) Public Safety Employees Association, representing the regularly 30 commissioned public safety officers unit within the Department of Public Safety. 31 (b) The appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec. 1 of this Act include
01 amounts for salary and benefit adjustments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, for 02 university employees who are not members of a collective bargaining unit and to implement 03 the monetary terms for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, of the following collective 04 bargaining agreements: 05 (1) United Academic - Adjuncts - American Association of University 06 Professors, American Federation of Teachers; 07 (2) United Academics - American Association of University Professors, 08 American Federation of Teachers; 09 (3) Fairbanks Firefighters Union, IAFF Local 1324; 10 (4) Alaska Higher Education Crafts and Trades Employees, Local 6070. 11 (c) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (a) of this section is not ratified by 12 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit, the appropriations made in this 13 Act applicable to the collective bargaining unit's agreement are adjusted proportionately by 14 the amount for that collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding source 15 amounts are adjusted accordingly. 16 (d) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (b) of this section is not ratified by 17 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit and approved by the Board of 18 Regents of the University of Alaska, the appropriations made in this Act applicable to the 19 collective bargaining unit's agreement are adjusted proportionately by the amount for that 20 collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding source amounts are adjusted 21 accordingly. 22 (e) Appropriations made in sec. 1 of this Act for salary and benefit adjustments as 23 described in (a) and (b) of this section are for the benefit of the state's integrated 24 comprehensive mental health program only and do not necessarily affect every group of 25 noncovered employees or every collective bargaining unit listed in (a) and (b) of this section. 26 * Sec. 9. This Act takes effect July 1, 2024.