CCS HB 270: "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 CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 270 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 3,826,400 3,454,800 371,600 12 Office of Public Advocacy 2,558,300 13 Public Defender Agency 1,268,100 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 15,435,700 14,663,000 772,700 21 Physical Health Care 3,512,000 22 Behavioral Health Care 8,104,800 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 21,109,800 21,109,800 13 Alaska Psychiatric 21,109,800 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 1,608,300 1,508,300 100,000 23 McLaughlin Youth Center 888,900 24 Fairbanks Youth Facility 127,200 25 Bethel Youth Facility 195,600 26 Probation Services 396,600 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 58,028,300 57,111,500 916,800 04 Behavioral Health Treatment 36,931,700 05 and Recovery Grants 06 Alcohol Safety Action 1,263,000 07 Program (ASAP) 08 Behavioral Health 10,601,600 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 156,300 156,300 19 Residential Licensing 156,300 20 Public Health 6,617,300 5,781,900 835,400 21 Women, Children and Family 2,261,700 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 12,865,100 11,097,000 1,768,100 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 2,319,000 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 280,600 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 25,800 25,800 23 Services 24 Labor Market Information 25,800 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 5,594,600 695,000 4,899,600 30 Mental Health Trust 4,899,600 31 Operations
01 Long Term Care Ombudsman 695,000 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 appropriation items are for operating expenditures from the general 02 fund or other funds as set out in the fiscal year 2025 budget summary for the operating budget 03 by funding source to the state agencies named and for the purposes set out in the new 04 legislation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025, unless 05 otherwise indicated. The appropriations in this section fund legislation assumed to have 06 passed during the second session of the thirty-third legislature. If a measure listed in this 07 section fails to pass and its substance is not incorporated in some other measure, or is vetoed 08 by the governor, the appropriation for that measure shall be reduced accordingly. 09 Appropriation 10 SB 259 COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN STATE EMPLOYEES 11 Department of Administration 12 Agency Unallocated 13 Agency Unallocated Appropriation 14 1037 GF/MH 116,600 15 Department of Corrections 16 Agency Unallocated 17 Agency Unallocated Appropriation 18 1037 GF/MH 56,900 19 1246 RcdvsmFund 5,300 20 Department of Family and Community Services 21 Agency Unallocated 22 Agency Unallocated 23 1037 GF/MH 108,200 24 Department of Health 25 Agency Unallocated 26 Agency Unallocated Appropriation 27 1037 GF/MH 39,000 28 1092 MHTAAR 6,300 29 Department of Natural Resources 30 Agency Unallocated 31 Agency Unallocated Appropriation
01 1092 MHTAAR 260,500 02 Department of Revenue 03 Agency Unallocated 04 Agency Unallocated Appropriation 05 1037 GF/MH 28,000 06 1094 MHT Admin 273,700 07 *** Total New Legislation Funding *** 894,500 08 (SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 3. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 1 02 and sec. 2 of this Act. 03 New 04 Funding Source Operating Legislation Total 05 Department of Administration 06 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 3,454,800 116,600 3,571,400 07 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 371,600 0 371,600 08 Authorized Receipts 09 *** Total Agency Funding *** 3,826,400 116,600 3,943,000 10 Department of Corrections 11 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 8,976,000 56,900 9,032,900 12 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 772,700 0 772,700 13 Authorized Receipts 14 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 8,624,000 5,300 8,629,300 15 *** Total Agency Funding *** 18,372,700 62,200 18,434,900 16 Department of Education and Early Development 17 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 427,800 0 427,800 18 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 134,700 0 134,700 19 Authorized Receipts 20 *** Total Agency Funding *** 562,500 0 562,500 21 Department of Family and Community Services 22 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 32,299,900 108,200 32,408,100 23 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 978,600 0 978,600 24 Authorized Receipts 25 *** Total Agency Funding *** 33,278,500 108,200 33,386,700 26 Department of Health 27 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 121,590,100 39,000 121,629,100 28 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 3,520,300 6,300 3,526,600 29 Authorized Receipts 30 1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse 20,382,000 0 20,382,000 31 Treatment & Prevention Fund
01 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 6,008,900 0 6,008,900 02 1254 Marijuana Education and 8,321,500 0 8,321,500 03 Treatment Fund 04 *** Total Agency Funding *** 159,822,800 45,300 159,868,100 05 Department of Labor and Workforce Development 06 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 25,800 0 25,800 07 Authorized Receipts 08 *** Total Agency Funding *** 25,800 0 25,800 09 Department of Law 10 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 100,100 0 100,100 11 *** Total Agency Funding *** 100,100 0 100,100 12 Department of Natural Resources 13 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 5,156,600 260,500 5,417,100 14 Authorized Receipts 15 *** Total Agency Funding *** 5,156,600 260,500 5,417,100 16 Department of Public Safety 17 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 50,000 0 50,000 18 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 130,000 0 130,000 19 Authorized Receipts 20 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 2,004,600 0 2,004,600 21 *** Total Agency Funding *** 2,184,600 0 2,184,600 22 Department of Revenue 23 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 895,000 28,000 923,000 24 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 200,000 0 200,000 25 Authorized Receipts 26 1094 Mental Health Trust 4,899,600 273,700 5,173,300 27 Administration 28 *** Total Agency Funding *** 5,994,600 301,700 6,296,300 29 University of Alaska 30 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 1,005,800 0 1,005,800 31 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 2,112,500 0 2,112,500
01 Authorized Receipts 02 *** Total Agency Funding *** 3,118,300 0 3,118,300 03 Judiciary 04 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 4,301,900 0 4,301,900 05 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 178,300 0 178,300 06 Authorized Receipts 07 1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse 518,000 0 518,000 08 Treatment & Prevention Fund 09 *** Total Agency Funding *** 4,998,200 0 4,998,200 10 * * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 237,441,100 894,500 238,335,600 11 (SECTION 4 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 4. The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec. 1 02 and sec. 2 of this Act. 03 New 04 Funding Source Operating Legislation Total 05 Unrestricted General 06 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 173,101,400 348,700 173,450,100 07 *** Total Unrestricted General *** 173,101,400 348,700 173,450,100 08 Designated General 09 1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse 20,900,000 0 20,900,000 10 Treatment & Prevention Fund 11 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 16,637,500 5,300 16,642,800 12 1254 Marijuana Education and 8,321,500 0 8,321,500 13 Treatment Fund 14 *** Total Designated General *** 45,859,000 5,300 45,864,300 15 Other Non-Duplicated 16 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority 13,581,100 266,800 13,847,900 17 Authorized Receipts 18 1094 Mental Health Trust 4,899,600 273,700 5,173,300 19 Administration 20 *** Total Other Non-Duplicated *** 18,480,700 540,500 19,021,200 21 (SECTION 5 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 5. 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 Beneficiary and Special 3,700,000 3,500,000 200,000 19 Needs Housing (HD 1-40) 20 MH Trust: AHFC Homeless Assistance 10,150,000 9,200,000 950,000 21 Program (HD 1-40) 22 MH Trust: AHFC Rural Housing 135,000 135,000 23 Coordinator - New Region (HD 1-40) 24 MH Trust: AHFC Rural Housing 135,000 135,000 25 Coordinator - Northwest Arctic Borough 26 (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. 6. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 5 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 7 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 7. The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec. 5 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 8 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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: 03 (1) Alaska State Employees Association, for the general government unit; 04 (2) Alaska Vocational Technical Center Teachers' Association, National 05 Education Association, representing the employees of the Alaska Vocational Technical 06 Center; 07 (3) Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, representing licensed engineers 08 employed by the Alaska marine highway system; 09 (4) International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, representing the 10 masters, mates, and pilots unit; 11 (5) Confidential Employees Association, representing the confidential unit; 12 (6) Teachers' Education Association of Mt. Edgecumbe, representing the 13 teachers of Mt. Edgecumbe High School; 14 (7) Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, Alaska Region, representing the 15 unlicensed marine unit; 16 (8) Public Safety Employees Association, representing the regularly 17 commissioned public safety officers unit; 18 (9) Public Employees Local 71, for the labor, trades, and crafts unit; 19 (10) Alaska Public Employees Association, for the supervisory unit. 20 (b) The appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec. 1 of this Act include 21 amounts for salary and benefit adjustments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, for 22 university employees who are not members of a collective bargaining unit and to implement 23 the monetary terms for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, of the following collective 24 bargaining agreements: 25 (1) United Academic - Adjuncts - American Association of University 26 Professors, American Federation of Teachers; 27 (2) United Academics - American Association of University Professors, 28 American Federation of Teachers; 29 (3) Fairbanks Firefighters Union, IAFF Local 1324; 30 (4) Alaska Higher Education Crafts and Trades Employees, Local 6070; 31 (5) Alaska Graduate Workers Association/UAW, representing the graduate
01 student employees. 02 (c) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (a) of this section is not ratified by 03 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit, the appropriations made in this 04 Act applicable to the collective bargaining unit's agreement are adjusted proportionately by 05 the amount for that collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding source 06 amounts are adjusted accordingly. 07 (d) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (b) of this section is not ratified by 08 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit and approved by the Board of 09 Regents of the University of Alaska, the appropriations made in this Act applicable to the 10 collective bargaining unit's agreement are adjusted proportionately by the amount for that 11 collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding source amounts are adjusted 12 accordingly. 13 (e) Appropriations made in sec. 1 of this Act for salary and benefit adjustments as 14 described in (a) and (b) of this section are for the benefit of the state's integrated 15 comprehensive mental health program only and do not necessarily affect every group of 16 noncovered employees or every collective bargaining unit listed in (a) and (b) of this section. 17 * Sec. 12. CONTINGENCY. The appropriations made in sec. 1 of this Act for the payment 18 of a bonus to an employee in the executive branch of the state government who is a member 19 of a collective bargaining unit established under the authority of AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 20 (Public Employment Relations Act) but for which the state and applicable bargaining unit of 21 the employee have not yet entered into a letter of agreement under AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 22 are contingent on the following: 23 (1) the state and the applicable bargaining unit of the employee entering into a 24 letter of agreement under AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 for the bonus; and 25 (2) the Office of the Governor, office of management and budget, satisfying 26 the requirements of sec. 9(b)(1) of this Act. 27 * Sec. 13. This Act takes effect July 1, 2024.