CSHB 267(FIN): "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 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 267(FIN) 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 Teaching and Learning Support 477,800 377,800 100,000 27 Student and School 477,800 28 Achievement 29 * * * * * * * * * * 30 * * * * * Department of Health and Social Services * * * * * 31 * * * * * * * * * *
01 At the discretion of the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, up to 02 $50,000,000 may be transferred between appropriations in the Department of Health and 03 Social Services. 04 It is the intent of the legislature that the Department of Health and Social Services submit a 05 report of transfers between appropriations that occurred in the first half of FY2015 by January 06 30, 2015, and a report of transfers in the second half of FY2015, by September 1, 2015, to the 07 House and Senate Finance Committees and the Legislative Finance Division. 08 It is the intent of the legislature that the department find efficiencies, and use savings from 09 those efficiencies, to implement priorities of the department. These priorities may include 10 implementing the 2012 Office of Children's Services Workload Study recommendations. 11 Alaska Pioneer Homes 15,794,700 15,794,700 12 It is the intent of the legislature that the department submit a report to the legislature by 13 January 22, 2015, outlining statutory and regulatory changes that need to occur to ensure that 14 the Alaska Pioneer Homes maximize Medicaid funding. 15 Alaska Pioneer Homes 64,200 16 Management 17 Pioneer Homes 15,730,500 18 The amount allocated for Pioneer Homes includes the unexpended and unobligated balance 19 on June 30, 2014, of the Department of Health and Social Services, Pioneer Homes care and 20 support receipts under AS 47.55.030. 21 Behavioral Health 84,777,500 82,963,100 1,814,400 22 AK Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 359,500 23 Program 24 Alcohol Safety Action 1,005,800 25 Program (ASAP) 26 Behavioral Health Grants 22,310,900 27 Behavioral Health 5,756,500 28 Administration 29 Community Action Prevention 1,538,200 30 & Intervention Grants 31 Rural Services and Suicide 2,323,700
01 Prevention 02 Psychiatric Emergency 5,655,100 03 Services 04 Services to the Seriously 16,968,600 05 Mentally Ill 06 Designated Evaluation and 3,390,700 07 Treatment 08 Services for Severely 13,942,600 09 Emotionally Disturbed Youth 10 Alaska Psychiatric 6,685,300 11 Institute 12 Alaska Mental Health Board 1,000,000 13 and Advisory Board on 14 Alcohol and Drug Abuse 15 Suicide Prevention Council 602,500 16 Residential Child Care 3,238,100 17 Children's Services 10,245,400 10,065,400 180,000 18 Children's Services 69,500 19 Management 20 Front Line Social Workers 148,500 21 Family Preservation 726,000 22 Foster Care Augmented Rate 500,000 23 Foster Care Special Need 747,900 24 Infant Learning Program 8,053,500 25 Grants 26 Health Care Services 128,400 128,400 27 Residential Licensing 128,400 28 Juvenile Justice 1,501,100 1,232,400 268,700 29 McLaughlin Youth Center 721,500 30 Fairbanks Youth Facility 114,400 31 Bethel Youth Facility 63,000
01 Probation Services 602,200 02 Public Assistance 13,200 13,200 03 Public Assistance 13,200 04 Administration 05 Public Health 1,764,900 1,449,900 315,000 06 Health Planning and Systems 801,600 07 Development 08 Nursing 98,200 09 Women, Children and Family 865,100 10 Health 11 Senior and Disabilities Services 17,380,700 16,011,900 1,368,800 12 Senior and Disabilities 3,225,000 13 Services Administration 14 General Relief/Temporary 740,300 15 Assisted Living 16 Senior Community Based 4,266,600 17 Grants 18 Community Developmental 8,082,600 19 Disabilities Grants 20 Commission on Aging 146,400 21 Governor's Council on 919,800 22 Disabilities and Special 23 Education 24 Departmental Support Services 459,800 459,800 25 Commissioner's Office 109,800 26 HSS State Facilities Rent 350,000 27 Medicaid Services 73,985,500 73,985,500 28 No money appropriated in this appropriation may be expended for an abortion that is not a 29 mandatory service required under AS 47.07.030(a). The money appropriated for Health and 30 Social Services may be expended only for mandatory services required under Title XIX of the 31 Social Security Act and for optional services offered by the state under the state plan for
01 medical assistance that has been approved by the United States Department of Health and 02 Human Services. 03 Behavioral Health Medicaid 72,006,300 04 Services 05 Children's Medicaid 1,979,200 06 Services 07 * * * * * * * * * * 08 * * * * * Department of Labor and Workforce Development * * * * * 09 * * * * * * * * * * 10 Vocational Rehabilitation 100,000 100,000 11 Special Projects 100,000 12 * * * * * * * * * * 13 * * * * * Department of Law * * * * * 14 * * * * * * * * * * 15 Criminal Division 15,000 15,000 16 Third Judicial District: 15,000 17 Anchorage 18 Civil Division 97,000 97,000 19 Human Services 97,000 20 * * * * * * * * * * 21 * * * * * Department of Natural Resources * * * * * 22 * * * * * * * * * * 23 Administration & Support Services 4,071,400 4,071,400 24 Mental Health Trust Lands 4,071,400 25 Administration 26 * * * * * * * * * * 27 * * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 28 * * * * * * * * * * 29 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority 3,839,200 412,500 3,426,700 30 It is the intent of the legislature that the Alaska Mental Health Trust assess the potential 31 impact of expanded broadband on long term general fund operating costs by looking at the
01 following: 02 1. Existing broadband capacity (including educational and tribal health networks) that could 03 be accessed by the state; 04 2. The broadband capacity needed to improve access to health care; 05 3. Costs of and barriers to expanding broadband; and 06 4. Potential long-term general fund savings attributable to expanding broadband access. 07 It is also the intent of the legislature that the Alaska Mental Health Trust submit a report to the 08 legislature outlining the results of assessing the above items by January 15, 2015. 09 Mental Health Trust 3,426,700 10 Operations 11 Long Term Care Ombudsman 412,500 12 Office 13 * * * * * * * * * * 14 * * * * * University of Alaska * * * * * 15 * * * * * * * * * * 16 University of Alaska 2,520,800 655,800 1,865,000 17 It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Alaska maintain the University of 18 Alaska Anchorage Office of Research and Graduate Studies and the University of Alaska 19 Fairbanks Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization and continue to explore 20 additional funding opportunities. 21 It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Alaska shall collect data on recent and 22 future graduates so that a performance matrix may be established for each degree program 23 offered by the University. Information should include the number of students who graduate, 24 when they are employed in a related field of study and at what salary, what their debt load 25 was upon graduation, and other demographic information. 26 It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Alaska carefully review every program 27 and reevaluate and implement benchmarks with measurable outcomes, delete any unnecessary 28 programs, implement streamlining and efficiency measures, conduct a systemwide audit, 29 implement and conduct rigorous employee evaluations using best practices, strongly consider 30 fiscal impacts during employee labor contract negotiations to help lower costs, attain and 31 implement cost-savings in travel policy, maximize energy and heating efficiencies in
01 buildings, and sell, lease, or repurpose buildings for maximum utilization. 02 Anchorage Campus 2,470,800 03 Fairbanks Campus 50,000 04 * * * * * * * * * * 05 * * * * * Alaska Court System * * * * * 06 * * * * * * * * * * 07 Alaska Court System 227,000 227,000 08 Trial Courts 227,000 09 Therapeutic Courts 3,453,900 2,993,600 460,300 10 Therapeutic Courts 3,453,900 11 (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 182,479,800 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 *** 206,051,200 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 412,500 02 1094 Mental Health Trust Administration 3,426,700 03 *** Total Agency Funding *** 3,839,200 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 * * * * * 231,189,800 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 196,532,400 06 *** Total Unrestricted General *** 196,532,400 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 Home Modification and Upgrades to 1,050,000 750,000 300,000 11 Retain Housing (HD 1-40) 12 * * * * * * * * * * 13 * * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 14 * * * * * * * * * * 15 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 16 MH: AHFC Homeless Assistance Program 8,000,000 7,150,000 850,000 17 (HD 1-40) 18 MH: AHFC Beneficiary and Special Needs 1,750,000 1,750,000 19 Housing (HD 1-40) 20 * * * * * * * * * * 21 * * * * * Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * * * * * 22 * * * * * * * * * * 23 MH Coordinated Transportation and 1,050,000 800,000 250,000 24 Vehicles (HD 1-40) 25 (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 500,000 06 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 300,000 07 1139 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Dividend 250,000 08 *** Total Agency Funding *** 1,050,000 09 Department of Revenue 10 1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 8,050,000 11 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 850,000 12 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 850,000 13 *** Total Agency Funding *** 9,750,000 14 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 15 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 800,000 16 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 250,000 17 *** Total Agency Funding *** 1,050,000 18 * * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 11,850,000 19 (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 2,150,000 07 1139 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Dividend 250,000 08 *** Total Unrestricted General *** 10,450,000 09 Other Non-Duplicated 10 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 1,400,000 11 *** Total Other Non-Duplicated *** 1,400,000 12 (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. LEGISLATIVE INTENT RELATING TO RECIDIVISM PLAN. It is the intent of 04 the legislature that the Department of Corrections, Department of Health and Social Services, 05 Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, 06 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, and Alaska Court System continue to work 07 collaboratively to identify common clients who are being released from correctional 08 institutions and 09 (1) develop and implement a comprehensive, complementary, nonduplicative 10 plan for providing substance abuse, mental health, housing, and employment services to those 11 who are released from correctional institutions; 12 (2) use the plan to assist the Department of Corrections, Department of Health 13 and Social Services, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Alaska Mental 14 Health Trust Authority, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, and Alaska Court System in 15 improving treatment and other outcomes for recently released inmates with the goal of 16 reducing correctional system recidivism rates; 17 (3) gather and analyze data on the substance abuse, mental health, 18 employment, and housing services needed and the services provided to the released clients; 19 (4) propose effectiveness and efficiency measures for the new plan; and 20 (5) jointly report on plan implementation and data findings to the legislature 21 by February 2, 2015. 22 * Sec. 9. NONGENERAL FUND RECEIPTS. (a) Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority 23 authorized receipts (AS 37.14.036) or administration receipts (AS 37.14.036) that exceed the 24 amounts appropriated by this Act are appropriated conditioned upon compliance with the 25 program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 26 (b) If Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority authorized receipts (AS 37.14.036) or 27 administration receipts (AS 37.14.036) fall short of the estimates used as the basis of the 28 appropriation, the affected appropriation is reduced by the amount of the shortfall in receipts. 29 * Sec. 10. SALARY AND BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The appropriations made in sec. 30 1 of this Act include amounts for salary and benefit adjustments for public officials, officers, 31 and employees of the executive branch, Alaska Court System employees, employees of the
01 legislature, and legislators and to implement the terms for the fiscal year ending June 30, 02 2015, of the following collective bargaining agreements: 03 (1) Public Employees Local 71, for the labor, trades and crafts unit; 04 (2) Teachers' Education Association of Mt. Edgecumbe; 05 (3) Alaska Correctional Officers Association, representing the correctional 06 officers unit; 07 (4) Confidential Employees Association, for the confidential unit; 08 (5) Alaska Public Employees Association, for the supervisory unit; 09 (6) Alaska State Employees Association, for the general government unit. 10 (b) The operating budget appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec. 1 of 11 this Act include amounts for salary and benefit adjustments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 12 2015, for university employees who are not members of a collective bargaining unit and to 13 implement the terms for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, of the following collective 14 bargaining agreements: 15 (1) University of Alaska Federation of Teachers; 16 (2) Fairbanks Firefighters Union, IAFF Local 1324; 17 (3) United Academics - American Association of University Professors, 18 American Federation of Teachers. 19 (c) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (a) of this section is not ratified by 20 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit, the appropriations made in this 21 Act that are applicable to the collective bargaining unit's agreement are reduced 22 proportionately by the amount for that collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding 23 funding source amounts are reduced accordingly. 24 (d) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (b) of this section is not ratified by 25 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit and approved by the Board of 26 Regents of the University of Alaska, the appropriations made in this Act that are applicable to 27 the collective bargaining unit's agreement are reduced proportionately by the amount for the 28 collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding source amounts are reduced 29 accordingly. 30 (e) Appropriations made in sec. 1 of this Act for salary and benefit adjustments as 31 described in (a) and (b) of this section are for the benefit of the state's integrated
01 comprehensive mental health program only and do not necessarily affect every group of 02 noncovered employees or every collective bargaining unit listed in (a) and (b) of this section. 03 * Sec. 11. This Act takes effect July 1, 2014.