00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 79                                                                          
01 "An Act making supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other                                                 
02 appropriations; amending appropriations; and providing for an effective date."                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION. (a)  The sum of $2,285,200 is                                        
05 appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration, legal and advocacy                              
06 services, office of public advocacy for the cost of implementation of chapter 44 SLA 2022 for                           
07 the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.                                                                                 
08       (b)  The sum of $825,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of                               
09 Administration, legal and advocacy services, office of public advocacy to address case                                  
10 backlogs for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023 and June 20, 2024.                                                   
11       (c)  The sum of $833,800 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of                               
12 Administration, legal and advocacy services, public defender agency for the cost of                                     
13 implementation of chapter 44 SLA 2022 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.                                         
14       (d)  The sum of $750,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of                               

01 Administration, legal and advocacy services, public defender agency to address case backlogs                            
02 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023 and June 20, 2024.                                                            
03 * Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. The sum of $6,821,700 is appropriated to the                                          
04 Department of Health, division of public assistance, public assistance field services for                               
05 Medicaid eligibility redeterminations and public assistance program application processing                              
06 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, from the following sources:                                                   
07            (1)  $3,733,000 from federal receipts;                                                                       
08            (2)  $3,088,700 from the unobligated and unexpended balance of the general                                   
09 fund appropriation made in sec. 1, ch. 11, SLA 2022 page 23, line 31, and allocated on page                             
10 24, line 16.                                                                                                            
11    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).