CSHB 265(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. 265(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 2027 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, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, unless otherwise indicated. 05 Appropriation General Other 06 Allocations Items Funds Funds 07 * * * * * * * * * * 08 * * * * * Department of Administration * * * * * 09 * * * * * * * * * * 10 Legal and Advocacy Services 4,318,500 3,894,900 423,600 11 Office of Public Advocacy 2,892,500 12 Public Defender Agency 1,426,000 13 * * * * * * * * * * 14 * * * * * Department of Corrections * * * * * 15 * * * * * * * * * * 16 Community Residential Centers 6,970,500 6,970,500 17 Community Residential 6,970,500 18 Centers 19 Health and Rehabilitation Services 10,209,500 9,707,800 501,700 20 Behavioral Health Care 8,565,600 21 Substance Abuse Treatment 1,643,900 22 Program 23 * * * * * * * * * * 24 * * * * * Department of Education and Early Development * * * * * 25 * * * * * * * * * * 26 Education Support and Admin Services 532,200 377,800 154,400 27 Student and School 532,200 28 Achievement 29 * * * * * * * * * * 30 * * * * * Department of Family and Community Services * * * * * 31 * * * * * * * * * *
01 Alaska Psychiatric Institute 22,237,600 22,237,600 02 Alaska Psychiatric 21,575,600 03 Institute 04 Facility Rent, Operations, 662,000 05 and Maintenance 06 Children's Services 2,226,900 2,226,900 07 Children's Services 69,500 08 Management 09 Front Line Social Workers 148,500 10 Family Preservation 726,000 11 Foster Care Augmented Rate 500,000 12 Foster Care Special Need 782,900 13 Juvenile Justice 1,770,900 1,670,900 100,000 14 McLaughlin Youth Center 989,800 15 Fairbanks Youth Facility 143,300 16 Bethel Youth Facility 211,800 17 Probation Services 326,000 18 Juvenile Justice Health 100,000 19 Care 20 Departmental Support Services 8,288,300 7,799,000 489,300 21 Coordinated Health and 8,288,300 22 Complex Care 23 * * * * * * * * * * 24 * * * * * Department of Health * * * * * 25 * * * * * * * * * * 26 Behavioral Health 58,842,700 57,033,100 1,809,600 27 Behavioral Health Treatment 36,461,100 28 and Recovery Grants 29 Alcohol Safety Action 1,311,100 30 Program (ASAP) 31 Behavioral Health 10,720,300
01 Administration 02 Behavioral Health 6,710,300 03 Prevention and Early 04 Intervention Grants 05 Alaska Mental Health Board 1,036,300 06 and Advisory Board on 07 Alcohol and Drug Abuse 08 Suicide Prevention Council 626,200 09 Residential Child Care 1,614,400 10 Behavioral Health Facility 363,000 11 Operations and Maintenance 12 Health Care Services 283,000 283,000 13 Health Facilities Licensing 128,700 14 and Certification 15 The amount allocated for Health Facilities Licensing and Certification includes the 16 unexpended and unobligated balance on June 30, 2026, of general fund program receipts 17 collected for biennial license fees issued under AS 47.32.050. 18 Residential Licensing 154,300 19 Public Health 5,133,000 4,516,200 616,800 20 Women, Children and Family 2,181,000 21 Health 22 Emergency Programs 700 23 Chronic Disease Prevention 2,604,800 24 and Health Promotion 25 Bureau of Vital Statistics 74,500 26 Public Health Facility 272,000 27 Operations and Maintenance 28 Senior and Disabilities Services 18,309,200 16,506,300 1,802,900 29 Senior and Disabilities 1,180,600 30 Community Based Grants 31 Early Intervention/Infant 13,444,500
01 Learning Programs 02 Senior and Disabilities 2,155,900 03 Services Administration 04 General Relief/Temporary 740,300 05 Assisted Living 06 Commission on Aging 271,000 07 Governor's Council on 474,400 08 Disabilities and Special 09 Education 10 Senior and Disabilities 42,500 11 Services Facility 12 Operations and Maintenance 13 Medicaid Services 82,155,800 82,155,800 14 Medicaid Services 82,155,800 15 It is the intent of the legislature that the Department of Health augment the rates for 16 adolescent behavioral health treatment services provided by Level 3 residential programs as 17 certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine to reflect the additional costs of 18 caring for youth. 19 * * * * * * * * * * 20 * * * * * Department of Labor and Workforce Development * * * * * 21 * * * * * * * * * * 22 Commissioner and Administrative 25,900 25,900 23 Services 24 Labor Market Information 25,900 25 Vocational Rehabilitation 100,000 100,000 26 Vocational Rehabilitation 100,000 27 Administration 28 The amount allocated for Vocational Rehabilitation Administration includes the unexpended 29 and unobligated balance on June 30, 2026, of receipts from all prior fiscal years collected 30 under the Department of Labor and Workforce Development's federal indirect cost plan for 31 expenditures incurred by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
01 * * * * * * * * * * 02 * * * * * Department of Law * * * * * 03 * * * * * * * * * * 04 Civil Division 100,100 100,100 05 The amount appropriated by this appropriation includes the unexpended and unobligated 06 balance on June 30, 2026, of inter-agency receipts collected in the Department of Law's 07 federally approved cost allocation plan. 08 Health, Safety & Welfare 100,100 09 * * * * * * * * * * 10 * * * * * Department of Natural Resources * * * * * 11 * * * * * * * * * * 12 Administration & Support Services 6,438,200 6,438,200 13 Mental Health Trust Lands 5,542,400 14 Administration 15 Mental Health Trust Lands 895,800 16 Facility Operations and 17 Maintenance 18 * * * * * * * * * * 19 * * * * * Department of Public Safety * * * * * 20 * * * * * * * * * * 21 Alaska State Troopers 60,000 60,000 22 Alaska State Trooper 60,000 23 Detachments 24 Alaska Police Standards Council 80,000 80,000 25 The amount appropriated by this appropriation includes the unexpended and unobligated 26 balance on June 30, 2026, of the receipts collected under AS 12.25.195(c), AS 12.55.039, AS 27 28.05.151, and AS 29.25.074 and receipts collected under AS 18.65.220(7). 28 Alaska Police Standards 80,000 29 Council 30 Integrated Victim Assistance 1,617,500 1,617,500 31 Council on Domestic 1,617,500
01 Violence and Sexual Assault 02 * * * * * * * * * * 03 * * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 04 * * * * * * * * * * 05 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority 6,718,500 787,100 5,931,400 06 Mental Health Trust 5,931,400 07 Operations 08 Long Term Care Ombudsman 787,100 09 Office 10 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 200,000 200,000 11 AHFC Operations 200,000 12 * * * * * * * * * * 13 * * * * * University of Alaska * * * * * 14 * * * * * * * * * * 15 University of Alaska 3,431,800 805,800 2,626,000 16 Anchorage Campus 3,381,800 17 Troth Yeddha' Campus 50,000 18 * * * * * * * * * * 19 * * * * * Judiciary * * * * * 20 * * * * * * * * * * 21 Alaska Court System 634,800 532,800 102,000 22 Trial Courts 634,800 23 Therapeutic Courts 4,678,200 4,519,900 158,300 24 Therapeutic Courts 4,678,200 25 (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 3,894,900 06 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 423,600 07 *** Total Agency Funding *** 4,318,500 08 Department of Corrections 09 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 9,707,800 10 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 501,700 11 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 6,970,500 12 *** Total Agency Funding *** 17,180,000 13 Department of Education and Early Development 14 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 377,800 15 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 154,400 16 *** Total Agency Funding *** 532,200 17 Department of Family and Community Services 18 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 33,934,400 19 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 589,300 20 *** Total Agency Funding *** 34,523,700 21 Department of Health 22 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 129,463,000 23 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 4,229,300 24 1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment & Prevention Fund 20,100,000 25 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 4,412,000 26 1254 Marijuana Education and Treatment Fund 6,519,400 27 *** Total Agency Funding *** 164,723,700 28 Department of Labor and Workforce Development 29 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 125,900 30 *** Total Agency Funding *** 125,900 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 6,438,200 05 *** Total Agency Funding *** 6,438,200 06 Department of Public Safety 07 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 140,000 08 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 1,617,500 09 *** Total Agency Funding *** 1,757,500 10 Department of Revenue 11 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 787,100 12 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 200,000 13 1094 Mental Health Trust Administration 5,931,400 14 *** Total Agency Funding *** 6,918,500 15 University of Alaska 16 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 805,800 17 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 2,626,000 18 *** Total Agency Funding *** 3,431,800 19 Judiciary 20 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 5,052,700 21 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 260,300 22 *** Total Agency Funding *** 5,313,000 23 * * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 245,363,100 24 (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 184,123,600 06 *** Total Unrestricted General *** 184,123,600 07 Designated General 08 1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment & Prevention Fund 20,100,000 09 1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 13,000,000 10 1254 Marijuana Education and Treatment Fund 6,519,400 11 *** Total Designated General *** 39,619,400 12 Other Non-Duplicated 13 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 15,688,700 14 1094 Mental Health Trust Administration 5,931,400 15 *** Total Other Non-Duplicated *** 21,620,100 16 (SECTION 4 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)
01 * Sec. 4. The following appropriations are for capital projects and grants from the general 02 fund or other funds as set out in sec. 5 of this Act by funding source to the agencies named for 03 the purposes expressed. They lapse under AS 37.25.020, unless otherwise noted. 04 Appropriation General Other 05 Allocations Items Funds Funds 06 * * * * * * * * * * 07 * * * * * Department of Health * * * * * 08 * * * * * * * * * * 09 MH Trust: Deferred Maintenance and 500,000 500,000 10 Accessibility Improvements (HD 1-40) 11 MH Trust: Home Modification and 1,150,000 1,150,000 12 Upgrades to Retain Housing (HD 1-40) 13 MH Trust: Person Centered 250,000 250,000 14 Transportation (HD 1-40) 15 MH Trust: Universal Changing Spaces 250,000 250,000 16 Assistance Fund (HD 1-40) 17 * * * * * * * * * * 18 * * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 19 * * * * * * * * * * 20 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 21 MH Trust: AHFC Homeless Assistance 5,000,000 4,050,000 950,000 22 Program (HD 1-40) 23 MH Trust: AHFC Beneficiary and Special 1,950,000 1,750,000 200,000 24 Needs Housing (HD 1-40) 25 MH Trust: AHFC Rural Housing 135,000 135,000 26 Coordinator - Ketchikan (HD 1-40) 27 * * * * * * * * * * 28 * * * * * Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * * * * * 29 * * * * * * * * * * 30 MH Trust: Coordinated Transportation 700,000 700,000 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 Department of Health 05 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 1,150,000 06 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 1,000,000 07 *** Total Agency Funding *** 2,150,000 08 Department of Revenue 09 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 1,285,000 10 1139 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Dividend 5,800,000 11 *** Total Agency Funding *** 7,085,000 12 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 13 1037 General Fund / Mental Health 700,000 14 *** Total Agency Funding *** 700,000 15 * * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 9,935,000 16 (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 1,850,000 06 1139 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Dividend 5,800,000 07 *** Total Unrestricted General *** 7,650,000 08 Other Non-Duplicated 09 1092 Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts 2,285,000 10 *** Total Other Non-Duplicated *** 2,285,000 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. NONGENERAL FUND RECEIPTS. (a) Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority 04 authorized receipts (AS 37.14.036) or administration receipts (AS 37.14.036) that exceed the 05 amounts appropriated in this Act are appropriated conditioned upon compliance with the 06 program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 07 (b) If Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority authorized receipts (AS 37.14.036) or 08 administration receipts (AS 37.14.036) fall short of the estimates used as the basis of the 09 appropriation, the affected appropriation is reduced by the amount of the shortfall in receipts. 10 * Sec. 9. SALARY AND BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The appropriations made in sec. 11 1 of this Act include amounts for salary and benefit adjustments for public officials, officers, 12 and employees of the executive branch, Alaska Court System employees, employees of the 13 legislature, and legislators and to implement the monetary terms for the fiscal year ending 14 June 30, 2027, of the following ongoing collective bargaining agreements: 15 (1) Public Employees Local 71, for the labor, trades, and crafts unit; 16 (2) Alaska Public Employees Association, for the supervisory unit; 17 (3) Teachers' Education Association of Mt. Edgecumbe, representing the 18 teachers of Mt. Edgecumbe High School; 19 (4) Alaska Vocational Technical Center Teachers' Association, National 20 Education Association, representing the employees of the Alaska Vocational Technical 21 Center; 22 (5) International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, representing the 23 masters, mates, and pilots unit; 24 (6) Alaska State Employees Association, for the general government unit; 25 (7) Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, representing licensed engineers 26 employed by the Alaska marine highway system; 27 (8) Confidential Employees Association, representing the confidential unit; 28 (9) Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, Alaska Region, representing the 29 unlicensed marine unit; 30 (10) Alaska Correctional Officers Association, representing the correctional 31 officers unit.
01 (b) The appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec. 1 of this Act include 02 amounts for salary and benefit adjustments to implement the monetary terms for the fiscal 03 year ending June 30, 2027, of the following collective bargaining agreements: 04 (1) Alaska Graduate Workers Association/UAW; 05 (2) United Academics - American Association of University Professors, 06 American Federation of Teachers; 07 (3) United Academic - Adjuncts - American Association of University 08 Professors, American Federation of Teachers; 09 (4) Alaska Higher Education Crafts and Trades Employees, Local 6070; 10 (5) Fairbanks Firefighters Union, IAFF Local 1324. 11 (c) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (a) of this section is not ratified by 12 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit, the appropriations made in this 13 Act applicable to the collective bargaining unit's agreement are adjusted proportionately by 14 the amount for that collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding source 15 amounts are adjusted accordingly. 16 (d) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (b) of this section is not ratified by 17 the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit and approved by the Board of 18 Regents of the University of Alaska, the appropriations made in this Act applicable to the 19 collective bargaining unit's agreement are adjusted proportionately by the amount for that 20 collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding source amounts are adjusted 21 accordingly. 22 (e) Appropriations made in sec. 1 of this Act for salary and benefit adjustments as 23 described in (a) and (b) of this section are for the benefit of the state's integrated 24 comprehensive mental health program only and do not necessarily affect every group of 25 noncovered employees or every collective bargaining unit listed in (a) and (b) of this section. 26 * Sec. 10. This Act takes effect July 1, 2026.