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HB 282                                                                                                                        
The following letter dated June 28 was received:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
"Dear Speaker Stutes:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
On this date, I have signed, with line-item vetoes, the following bill                                                          
passed during the second session of the Thirty-Second Alaska State                                                              
Legislature, and am transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to                                                           
the Lieutenant Governor’s Office for permanent filing:                                                                          

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     CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 282                                                                                       
     "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."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                         Chapter No. 12, SLA 2022                                                                              
                      [Effective date: See Chapter]                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The Mental Health Capital and Operating budget includes one                                                                     
reduction of $790 thousand to the Department of Health, behavioral                                                              
health, treatment and recovery grants in recognition that the Medicaid                                                          
1115 Waiver allows these services to be transferred to and funded                                                               
through Medicaid.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
After this veto, the total enacted amount for this bill is $242 million                                                         
comprised of $178.1 million in unrestricted general funds, $45.8                                                                
million of designated general funds, and $18.1 million of other funds.                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                                                                      
/s/                                                                                                                             
Mike Dunleavy                                                                                                                   
Governor"