CSHB 270(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. 270(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 the fiscal year 2025 budget summary for the 03 operating budget by funding source to the agencies named for the purposes expressed for the 04 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025, unless otherwise indicated. 05 06 Appropriation General Other 07 Allocations Items Funds Funds 08 * * * * * * * * * * 09 * * * * * Department of Administration * * * * * 10 * * * * * * * * * * 11 Legal and Advocacy Services 3,816,100 3,444,500 371,600 12 Office of Public Advocacy 2,554,900 13 Public Defender Agency 1,261,200 14 * * * * * * * * * * 15 * * * * * Department of Corrections * * * * * 16 * * * * * * * * * * 17 Community Residential Centers 1,000,000 1,000,000 18 Community Residential 1,000,000 19 Centers 20 Health and Rehabilitation Services 15,306,600 14,533,900 772,700 21 Physical Health Care 3,512,000 22 Behavioral Health Care 7,975,700 23 Substance Abuse Treatment 1,643,900 24 Program 25 Sex Offender Management 2,000,000 26 Program 27 Domestic Violence Program 175,000 28 Offender Habilitation 1,433,000 1,433,000 29 Education Programs 827,000 30 Vocational Education 606,000 31 Programs
01 Recidivism Reduction Grants 504,000 504,000 02 Recidivism Reduction Grants 504,000 03 * * * * * * * * * * 04 * * * * * Department of Education and Early Development * * * * * 05 * * * * * * * * * * 06 Education Support and Admin Services 562,500 427,800 134,700 07 Student and School 562,500 08 Achievement 09 * * * * * * * * * * 10 * * * * * Department of Family and Community Services * * * * * 11 * * * * * * * * * * 12 Alaska Psychiatric Institute 20,942,400 20,942,400 13 Alaska Psychiatric 20,942,400 14 Institute 15 Children's Services 2,711,900 2,376,900 335,000 16 Children's Services 554,500 17 Management 18 Front Line Social Workers 148,500 19 Family Preservation 726,000 20 Foster Care Augmented Rate 500,000 21 Foster Care Special Need 782,900 22 Juvenile Justice 1,586,900 1,486,900 100,000 23 McLaughlin Youth Center 878,100 24 Fairbanks Youth Facility 127,200 25 Bethel Youth Facility 195,600 26 Probation Services 386,000 27 Departmental Support Services 7,848,500 7,304,900 543,600 28 Coordinated Health and 7,304,900 29 Complex Care 30 Commissioner's Office 543,600 31 * * * * * * * * * *
01 * * * * * Department of Health * * * * * 02 * * * * * * * * * * 03 Behavioral Health 57,947,300 57,030,500 916,800 04 Behavioral Health Treatment 36,931,700 05 and Recovery Grants 06 Alcohol Safety Action 1,241,200 07 Program (ASAP) 08 Behavioral Health 10,542,400 09 Administration 10 Behavioral Health 5,537,000 11 Prevention and Early 12 Intervention Grants 13 Alaska Mental Health Board 997,600 14 and Advisory Board on 15 Alcohol and Drug Abuse 16 Suicide Prevention Council 608,700 17 Residential Child Care 2,088,700 18 Health Care Services 152,900 152,900 19 Residential Licensing 152,900 20 Public Health 6,581,400 5,746,000 835,400 21 Women, Children and Family 2,225,800 22 Health 23 Emergency Programs 755,400 24 Chronic Disease Prevention 3,560,200 25 and Health Promotion 26 Bureau of Vital Statistics 40,000 27 Senior and Disabilities Services 12,837,900 11,071,000 1,766,900 28 Senior and Disabilities 1,430,600 29 Community Based Grants 30 Early Intervention/Infant 7,884,500 31 Learning Programs
01 Senior and Disabilities 2,293,500 02 Services Administration 03 It is the intent of the legislature that the Department raise the $18,500 per project cap for 04 environmental modifications to $40,000 per project, exclusive of shipping costs to remote 05 communities, and extend the project timeline limit from 90 days to 270 days better reflect the 06 true cost and time challenges of providing Environmental Modifications Services (E-Mods 07 Program) in remote, rural areas of Alaska. 08 General Relief/Temporary 740,300 09 Assisted Living 10 Commission on Aging 210,100 11 Governor's Council on 278,900 12 Disabilities and Special 13 Education 14 Medicaid Services 82,155,800 82,155,800 15 Medicaid Services 82,155,800 16 It is the intent of the legislature that the Department shall increase Medicaid reimbursement 17 rates for autism services by 12.76% to bring payment parity with similar Medicaid behavioral 18 health service codes. 19 * * * * * * * * * * 20 * * * * * Department of Labor and Workforce Development * * * * * 21 * * * * * * * * * * 22 Commissioner and Administrative 25,300 25,300 23 Services 24 Labor Market Information 25,300 25 * * * * * * * * * * 26 * * * * * Department of Law * * * * * 27 * * * * * * * * * * 28 Civil Division 100,100 100,100 29 The amount appropriated by this appropriation includes the unexpended and unobligated 30 balance on June 30, 2024, of inter-agency receipts collected in the Department of Law's 31 federally approved cost allocation plan.
01 Health, Safety & Welfare 100,100 02 * * * * * * * * * * 03 * * * * * Department of Natural Resources * * * * * 04 * * * * * * * * * * 05 Administration & Support Services 5,156,600 5,156,600 06 Mental Health Trust Lands 5,156,600 07 Administration 08 * * * * * * * * * * 09 * * * * * Department of Public Safety * * * * * 10 * * * * * * * * * * 11 Alaska State Troopers 100,000 50,000 50,000 12 Alaska State Trooper 100,000 13 Detachments 14 Alaska Police Standards Council 80,000 80,000 15 The amount appropriated by this appropriation includes the unexpended and unobligated 16 balance on June 30, 2024, of the receipts collected under AS 12.25.195(c), AS 12.55.039, AS 17 28.05.151, and AS 29.25.074 and receipts collected under AS 18.65.220(7). 18 Alaska Police Standards 80,000 19 Council 20 Victim Services 2,004,600 2,004,600 21 It is the intent of the legislature that the Department, when preparing its FY26 budget 22 submission to the legislature, consider how to maintain Child Advocacy Center service in 23 regard to the loss of federal funding. 24 Council on Domestic 2,004,600 25 Violence and Sexual Assault 26 * * * * * * * * * * 27 * * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 28 * * * * * * * * * * 29 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority 5,586,400 686,800 4,899,600 30 Mental Health Trust 4,899,600 31 Operations
01 Long Term Care Ombudsman 686,800 02 Office 03 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 400,000 200,000 200,000 04 AHFC Operations 400,000 05 * * * * * * * * * * 06 * * * * * University of Alaska * * * * * 07 * * * * * * * * * * 08 University of Alaska 3,118,300 1,005,800 2,112,500 09 Anchorage Campus 3,068,300 10 Fairbanks Campus 50,000 11 * * * * * * * * * * 12 * * * * * Judiciary * * * * * 13 * * * * * * * * * * 14 Alaska Court System 532,800 532,800 15 Trial Courts 532,800 16 Therapeutic Courts 4,465,400 4,287,100 178,300 17 Therapeutic Courts 4,465,400 18 (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 3,444,500 06 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 371,600 07 *** Total Agency Funding *** 3,816,100 08 Department of Corrections 09 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 8,846,900 10 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 772,700 11 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 8,624,000 12 *** Total Agency Funding *** 18,243,600 13 Department of Education and Early Development 14 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 427,800 15 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 134,700 16 *** Total Agency Funding *** 562,500 17 Department of Family and Community Services 18 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 32,111,100 19 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 978,600 20 *** Total Agency Funding *** 33,089,700 21 Department of Health 22 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 121,444,300 23 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 3,519,100 24 1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment & Prevention Fund 20,382,000 25 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 6,008,900 26 1254 Marijuana Education and Treatment Fund 8,321,000 27 *** Total Agency Funding *** 159,675,300 28 Department of Labor and Workforce Development 29 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 25,300 30 *** Total Agency Funding *** 25,300 31 Department of Law
01 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 100,100 02 *** Total Agency Funding *** 100,100 03 Department of Natural Resources 04 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 5,156,600 05 *** Total Agency Funding *** 5,156,600 06 Department of Public Safety 07 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 50,000 08 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 130,000 09 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 2,004,600 10 *** Total Agency Funding *** 2,184,600 11 Department of Revenue 12 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 886,800 13 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 200,000 14 1094 Mental Health Trust Administration 4,899,600 15 *** Total Agency Funding *** 5,986,400 16 University of Alaska 17 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 1,005,800 18 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 2,112,500 19 *** Total Agency Funding *** 3,118,300 20 Judiciary 21 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 4,301,900 22 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 178,300 23 1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment & Prevention Fund 518,000 24 *** Total Agency Funding *** 4,998,200 25 * * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 236,956,700 26 (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 172,619,200 06 *** Total Unrestricted General *** 172,619,200 07 Designated General 08 1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment & Prevention Fund 20,900,000 09 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 16,637,500 10 1254 Marijuana Education and Treatment Fund 8,321,000 11 *** Total Designated General *** 45,858,500 12 Other Non-Duplicated 13 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 13,579,400 14 1094 Mental Health Trust Administration 4,899,600 15 *** Total Other Non-Duplicated *** 18,479,000 16 (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 * * * * * Health * * * * * 09 * * * * * * * * * * 10 MH Trust: Essential Program Equipment 500,000 250,000 250,000 11 (HD 1-40) 12 MH Trust: Home Modification and 1,150,000 1,150,000 13 Upgrades to Retain Housing (HD 1-40) 14 * * * * * * * * * * 15 * * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 16 * * * * * * * * * * 17 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 18 MH Trust: AHFC Rural Housing 135,000 135,000 19 Coordinator - Northwest Arctic Borough 20 (HD 1-40) 21 MH Trust: AHFC Rural Housing 135,000 135,000 22 Coordinator - New Region (HD 1-40) 23 MH Trust: AHFC Beneficiary and Special 3,700,000 3,500,000 200,000 24 Needs Housing (HD 1-40) 25 MH Trust: AHFC Homeless Assistance 10,150,000 9,200,000 950,000 26 Program (HD 1-40) 27 * * * * * * * * * * 28 * * * * * Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * * * * * 29 * * * * * * * * * * 30 MH Trust: Coordinated Transportation 1,250,000 1,000,000 250,000 31 and Vehicles (HD 1-40)
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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 Health 05 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 1,400,000 06 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 250,000 07 *** Total Agency Funding *** 1,650,000 08 Department of Revenue 09 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 4,600,000 10 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 1,420,000 11 1139 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Dividend 8,100,000 12 *** Total Agency Funding *** 14,120,000 13 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 14 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 1,000,000 15 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 250,000 16 *** Total Agency Funding *** 1,250,000 17 * * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 17,020,000 18 (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 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 7,000,000 06 1139 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Dividend 8,100,000 07 *** Total Unrestricted General *** 15,100,000 08 Other Non-Duplicated 09 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 1,920,000 10 *** Total Other Non-Duplicated *** 1,920,000 11 (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. BONUSES FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. (a) 04 The money appropriated in this Act includes amounts to implement the payment of bonuses 05 and other monetary terms of letters of agreement entered into between the state and collective 06 bargaining units under AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. 07 (b) The Office of the Governor, office of management and budget, shall 08 (1) not later than 30 days after the Department of Administration enters into a 09 letter of agreement described in (a) of this section, provide to the legislative finance division 10 in electronic form 11 (A) a copy of the letter of agreement; and 12 (B) a copy of the cost estimate prepared for the letter of agreement; 13 and 14 (2) submit a report to the co-chairs of the finance committee of each house of 15 the legislature and the legislative finance division not later than 16 (A) February 1, 2025, that summarizes all payments made under the 17 letters of agreement described in (a) of this section during the first half of the fiscal 18 year ending June 30, 2025; and 19 (B) September 30, 2025, that summarizes all payments made under the 20 letters of agreement described in (a) of this section during the second half of the fiscal 21 year ending June 30, 2025. 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 in 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 monetary terms for the fiscal year ending 02 June 30, 2025, of the following ongoing collective bargaining agreements, including the 03 monetary terms of any letters of agreement: 04 (1) Alaska State Employees Association, for the general government unit; 05 (2) Alaska Vocational Technical Center Teachers' Association, National 06 Education Association, representing the employees of the Alaska Vocational Technical 07 Center; 08 (3) Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, representing licensed engineers 09 employed by the Alaska marine highway system; 10 (4) International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, representing the 11 masters, mates, and pilots unit; 12 (5) Confidential Employees Association, representing the confidential unit; 13 (6) Teachers' Education Association of Mt. Edgecumbe, representing the 14 teachers of Mt. Edgecumbe High School; 15 (7) Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, Alaska Region, representing the 16 unlicensed marine unit; 17 (8) Public Safety Employees Association, representing the regularly 18 commissioned public safety officers unit. 19 (b) The appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec. 1 of this Act include 20 amounts for salary and benefit adjustments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, for 21 university employees who are not members of a collective bargaining unit and to implement 22 the monetary terms for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, of the following collective 23 bargaining agreements: 24 (1) United Academic - Adjuncts - American Association of University 25 Professors, American Federation of Teachers; 26 (2) United Academics - American Association of University Professors, 27 American Federation of Teachers; 28 (3) Fairbanks Firefighters Union, IAFF Local 1324; 29 (4) Alaska Higher Education Crafts and Trades Employees, Local 6070. 30 (c) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (a) of this section is not ratified by 31 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit, the appropriations made in this
01 Act applicable to the collective bargaining unit's agreement are adjusted proportionately by 02 the amount for that collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding source 03 amounts are adjusted accordingly. 04 (d) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (b) of this section is not ratified by 05 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit and approved by the Board of 06 Regents of the University of Alaska, the appropriations made in this Act applicable to the 07 collective bargaining unit's agreement are adjusted proportionately by the amount for that 08 collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding source amounts are adjusted 09 accordingly. 10 (e) Appropriations made in sec. 1 of this Act for salary and benefit adjustments as 11 described in (a) and (b) of this section are for the benefit of the state's integrated 12 comprehensive mental health program only and do not necessarily affect every group of 13 noncovered employees or every collective bargaining unit listed in (a) and (b) of this section. 14 * Sec. 11. CONTINGENCY. The appropriations made in sec. 1 of this Act for the payment 15 of a bonus to an employee in the executive branch of the state government who is a member 16 of a collective bargaining unit established under the authority of AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 17 (Public Employment Relations Act) but for which the state and applicable bargaining unit of 18 the employee have not yet entered into a letter of agreement under AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 19 are contingent on the following: 20 (1) the state and the applicable bargaining unit of the employee entering into a 21 letter of agreement under AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 for the bonus; and 22 (2) the Office of the Governor, office of management and budget, satisfying 23 the requirements of sec. 8(b)(1) of this Act. 24 * Sec. 12. This Act takes effect July 1, 2024.