Senate Bill 1165 Summary

• Appropriates $130,884,800 to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2022 (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022) for Mental Health Services ($57,011,700), Psychiatric Hospitalization ($48,626,000), and Substance Abuse Treatment & Prevention ($25,247,100).

• Authorizes specific full-time equivalent positions for each program, including 209.56 for Adult Mental Health, 97.67 for Children's Mental Health, 286.25 for State Hospital South, and others, with Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee notification required for increases.

• Restricts transfers of Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund appropriations between Mental Health Services and Psychiatric Hospitalization divisions to require legislative approval for transfers to other programs or divisions.

• Makes Department of Health and Welfare responsible for educational needs of school-age children in its custody and requires $327,000 payment to Department of Juvenile Corrections for juvenile detention clinicians by July 16, 2021.

• Requires seven Behavioral Health Community Crisis Centers to submit plans for non-state funding by December 31, 2021, and exempts Community Hospitalization Program from standard fund transfer limitations.