SB 547 Summary

• Appropriates $300,000 from the General Improvement Fund for transfer to the Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund for behavioral health services in Arkansas.

• Appropriates an additional $300,000 from the Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund for behavioral health services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012.

• Allows the Department of Human Services - Division of Behavioral Health to adopt new rules and regulations to implement the appropriations without restriction by other program requirements.

• Permits the division to supplement state funds with grants, donations, and federal funds to finance the full cost of projects.

• Effective July 1, 2011, with emergency status declared due to constitutional restrictions on multi-year appropriations and the need for immediate agency operations.