AR HB1604

Appropriates $15,000,000 from the General Improvement Fund to the Department of Human Services - Division of Behavioral Health for community mental health center grants covering uncompensated care

Permits the Department to adopt new rules and regulations to carry out the appropriation without being restricted by requirements applicable to other programs

Allows recipient institutions and agencies to supplement state funds with grants, donations, federal funds, and unobligated cash income for project financing

Requires strict compliance with state purchasing, accounting, budgetary procedures, revenue stabilization, and fiscal control laws unless otherwise specified

Declares an emergency effective date of July 1, 2013, citing the constitutional prohibition on appropriations for more than one year and the need for immediate agency operations