HB 2306 Summary

• Sets employee duties and compensation for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to be determined by the department itself rather than by law.

• Appropriates $498,416,769 total for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for fiscal year 2014 across seven categories including Central Administration, Inpatient Hospital, Community-based Programs, Substance Abuse Programs, Prevention Services, Residential Care Programs, and Information Services Division.

• Authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to transfer funds between federal and revolving funds as requested by the department for cash management purposes and exempts unanticipated federal funds received after July 1, 2013 from expenditure and budgetary limitations.

• Mandates specific expenditures totaling $5,300,000 for Expanded Crisis Care Services ($2,500,000), Systems of Care ($2,300,000), and Suicide Prevention Initiatives ($500,000), and requires minimum expenditure of $500,000 for Boys and Girls Clubs and Families in Transition.

• Establishes lapse dates for appropriations with FY-14 funds expiring November 15, 2014 and FY-15 funds expiring November 15, 2015, and declares an emergency effective July 1, 2013.