Senate Bill 3017 Summary

• Appropriates $249,654,729.00 from the State General Fund and authorizes $417,806,906.00 from special source funds to the Department of Mental Health for fiscal year 2026 (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026).

• Allocates $20,951,886.00 from the Health Care Expendable Fund for Medicaid state share ($16,797,843.00), Alzheimer's services ($379,417.00), Crisis Centers ($636,374.00), fentanyl/drug abuse education ($2,000,000.00), and physician services at community mental health centers ($1,138,252.00).

• Authorizes 4,968 permanent positions and 353 time-limited positions, with restrictions on salary escalations unless new funds are provided and limitations on replacing federal funds with general funds.

• Establishes performance measures for fiscal year 2026 including targets for crisis response services, community-based mental health care, supported employment, and ID/DD waiver services.

• Reappropriates $20,000,000.00 in Capital Expense Fund for a subgrant with Canopy Children's Solutions for construction and renovation of the CARES Center children's psychiatric residential treatment facility.