00SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 76(FIN)                                                                             
01 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the                                             
02 state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an                                            
03 effective date."                                                                                                        
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  PURPOSE.  In accordance with AS 37.14.003 and 37.14.005, the                                           
06 appropriations made by this Act are for the state's integrated comprehensive mental health                              
07 program.                                                                                                                
08    * Sec. 2.  NONGENERAL FUND RECEIPTS.  (a)  Mental Health Trust Authority                                             
09 authorized receipts (AS 37.14.036) or administration receipts (AS 37.14.036) that exceed the                            
10 amounts appropriated by this Act, not to exceed a cumulative total of $1,700,000, are                                   
11 appropriated conditioned upon compliance with the program review provisions of                                          
12 AS 37.07.080(h).  It is the intent of the legislature that requests for approval of revised                             
13 programs may be submitted to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee through the                                     
14 program review process established under AS 37.07.080(h), and that the revised programs be                              

01 limited to only those items of an emergency nature, such as the loss of funds if action is not                          
02 taken until the next session of the legislature.  Unless the legislature has expressly provided                         
03 through legislative intent that a revised program be submitted to the Legislative Budget and                            
04 Audit Committee for a particular agency or program, the Legislative Budget and Audit                                    
05 Committee program review process should not be used to restore funding for budget                                       
06 reductions made by the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature or for program enhancements that                              
07 must be considered by the full legislature at the next session of the legislature.  Requests for                        
08 capital budget items should be limited to requests for review of emergency items, such as                               
09 flood damage repair from new federal funds.  The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee                                 
10 program review process should not be used to establish new capital projects or to change                                
11 funding sources for existing capital projects; such requests should be held for consideration                           
12 by the full legislature during the regular capital appropriation process.                                               
13  (b) If Mental Health Trust Authority authorized receipts (AS 37.14.036) or                                             
14 administration receipts (AS 37.14.036) fall short of the estimates appropriated in this Act, the                        
15 affected appropriation is reduced by the amount of shortfall in receipts.                                               
16 (SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 4)