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ID S1400
Bill
Status
3/28/2014
Primary Sponsor
Finance Committee
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AI Summary
Senate Bill 1400 Summary
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Appropriates $81,660,300 to the Department of Health and Welfare for Mental Health Services ($33,123,800), Psychiatric Hospitalization ($32,350,200), and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention ($16,186,300) for fiscal year 2015 (July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015).
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Authorizes 666.15 full-time equivalent positions across the three divisions: Adult Mental Health (204.98), Children's Mental Health (79.00), State Hospital North (99.60), State Hospital South (267.85), and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention (14.72).
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Restricts the Department of Health and Welfare from transferring trustee and benefit payments funds to other expense classes, and prohibits transferring Adult and Children's Mental Health Program funds to other programs without legislative approval.
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Establishes Department of Health and Welfare responsibility for education of school-age children in state custody at licensed residential treatment facilities, with payment at $71.05 per student per educational day.
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Directs a $327,000 interagency payment from Children's Mental Health Program to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for contract clinician services at juvenile detention facilities.
Legislative Description
Appropriates $81,660,300 to the divisions of Mental Health, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention for fiscal year 2015; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions for the three divisions to 666.15; provides for General Fund transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; directs expenditures for trustee and benefit payments; provides for program integrity; limits transfers of legislative appropriations; clarifies responsibility for education of certain children in state care; directs an interagency payment; provides for Court Services Fund transfers; and provides guidance for employee compensation.
APPROPRIATIONS
Last Action
Signed by Governor on 03/28/14 Session Law Chapter 294 Effective: 07/01/2014
3/28/2014