00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 21(HES)                                                                                         
01 "An Act making a special appropriation for the medical assistance for needy                                             
02 persons program and for certain programs relating to tobacco smoking and use;                                           
03 and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  Except for money to reimburse the state for attorney fees and costs of                               
06 litigation, all money received by the state before July 1, 2000, as a result of the settlement of                       
07 State v. Philip Morris, Inc., Superior Court, First Judicial District, 1JU-97-915 Civil, is                             
08 appropriated to the Department of Health and Social Services as follows:                                                
09   (1)  50 percent of the receipts for the medical assistance for needy persons                                          
10 program (AS 47.07); and                                                                                                 
11   (2)  50 percent of the receipts for a comprehensive tobacco smoking cessation                                         
12 and tobacco use prevention and control program.                                                                         
13    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).