HB 54 Summary

• Makes supplemental operating appropriations totaling $30,253,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, including $15,000,000 for information technology, $15,000,000 for Medicaid services, and smaller amounts for various state departments.

• Appropriates $19,547,000 for capital projects including $9,425,000 for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) cleanup, $4,250,000 for volcano monitoring instruments, and $3,685,000 for women's mental health unit renovation at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center.

• Reappropriates approximately $816,719 in unexpended balances from military and veterans' affairs projects and $2,256,616 from public safety law enforcement equipment appropriations for rural trooper housing maintenance and equipment replacement.

• Modifies school construction funding from $108,057,300 to $106,057,300 and transfers $10,100,000 from large passenger vessel gaming tax account to Alaska capital income fund (increased from $8,700,000).

• Extends labor relations contract negotiation funding through June 30, 2022, appropriates $5,000,000 from liquefied natural gas project fund to general fund, and provides conditional appropriation for additional Medicaid federal receipts estimated at $75,000,000.