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ID H0264
Bill
Status
4/1/2015
Primary Sponsor
Appropriations Committee
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AI Summary
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Appropriates $88,007,100 to the Department of Health and Welfare for Mental Health Services ($36,713,000), Psychiatric Hospitalization ($34,618,200), and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention ($16,675,900) for fiscal year 2016 (July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016).
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Authorizes maximum full-time equivalent positions of 207.49 for Adult Mental Health, 79.67 for Children's Mental Health, 100.27 for State Hospital North, 268.85 for State Hospital South, and 16.72 for Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention.
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Prohibits transfer of trustee and benefit payments funds to other expense classes and restricts transfer of Adult Mental Health and Children's Mental Health funds outside Mental Health Services without legislative approval.
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Designates the Department of Health and Welfare as responsible for educational costs of school-age children in their custody placed in licensed residential treatment facilities, at a rate of $71.05 per student per educational day, with approximately $690,000 fiscal impact.
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Directs $327,000 payment to Department of Juvenile Corrections for juvenile detention clinician services and designates $1,720,000 for a Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Health and Welfare Region 1 or Region 2.
Legislative Description
Appropriates $88,007,100 to the divisions of Mental Health, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention for fiscal year 2016; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions for the three divisions to 673; 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 legislative intent relating to a Crisis Center location.
APPROPRIATIONS
Last Action
Reported Signed by Governor on April 1, 2015 Session Law Chapter 212 Effective: 07/01/2015
4/1/2015