2009-08-05                     House Journal                      Page 1186
      reappropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c),                                                        
      Constitution of the State of Alaska; and providing for an effective                                                       
      date."                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HB 83                                                                                                                         
The following was engrossed and enrolled, signed by the Speaker and                                                             
Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed                                                           
and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at                                                           
10:55 a.m., May 8, 2009, with a manifest error memorandum (page                                                                 
1178):                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
      CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 83                                                                                       
      "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."                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Also transmitted was a copy of the following letter dated May 6, 2009,                                                          
to Dr. William Doolittle, MD, Chair, Alaska Mental Health Trust                                                                 
Authority:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
"Dear Dr. Doolittle:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Pursuant to the requirements of AS 37.14.005(c), this letter and the                                                            
attached reports outline the differences between the FY2010 Mental                                                              
Health Trust Authority's funding recommendations for the state's                                                                
integrated comprehensive mental health program and the funding                                                                  
contained in HB 83, the FY2010 Mental Health budget bill.  While the                                                            
statute only requires reporting of general fund expenditures,                                                                   
information is also included regarding expenditures of Authority                                                                
receipts.  The Authority has previously expressed interest in receiving                                                         
reports regarding the fund sources under its control.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Operating Appropriations                                                                                                      
For mental health operating program funding, we have compared the                                                               
FY2010 adjusted base to the level of general funds and alcohol funds                                                            
requested by the Governor and appropriated by the legislature.  The                                                             
FY2010 adjusted base includes FY2009 funding plus salary and other                                                              
across-the-board increases that are classified as "unavoidable."  In                                                            
addition to the $159 million adjusted base, the Authority                                                                       
recommended appropriating an additional $18 million, bringing the