Bill > H0480

This bill appropriates and adjusts funding for the Department of Health and Welfare's Behavioral Health Services Division for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, totaling approximately $20.7 million in new and adjusted appropriations. * **Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations:** * Mental Health Services (Adult Mental Health): $6,743,800 from the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund. * Psychiatric Hospitalization (Community Hospitalization): $2,663,500 from the Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund. * Psychiatric Hospitalization (State Hospital South): $1,000,000 from the Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund and $3,859,700 from the Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated) Fund. * Psychiatric Hospitalization (State Hospital West): $700,000 from the Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated) Fund and $1,506,900 from the Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated) Fund. * **Fiscal Year 2025 Reductions:** * Psychiatric Hospitalization (State Hospital South): A reduction of $4,859,700 from the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund. * Psychiatric Hospitalization (State Hospital West): A reduction of $2,206,900 from the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund. * **Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations:** * Substance Abuse Treatment & Prevention: $533,900 from the Liquor Control Fund and $673,900 from the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund. * Mental Health Services (Adult Mental Health): $261,400 from the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund. * Psychiatric Hospitalization (State Hospital South): $5,300 from the Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund. * Psychiatric Hospitalization (State Hospital West): $1,226,200 from the Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated) Fund and $1,506,900 from the Cooperative Welfare (Dedicated) Fund. * **Fiscal Year 2026 Reductions:** * Substance Abuse Treatment & Prevention: A reduction of $533,900 from the Liquor Control Fund and a reduction of $673,900 from the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund. * Psychiatric Hospitalization (State Hospital South): A reduction of $5,300 from the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund. * Psychiatric Hospitalization (State Hospital West): A reduction of $2,733,100 from the Cooperative Welfare (Federal) Fund. * **Personnel and FTE:** The full-time equivalent position authorization for the Mental Health Services Division is reduced by 9.00 for fiscal year 2026. * **Spending Restrictions:** Appropriated funds cannot be used for training or programming that advances diversity, equity, and inclusion; critical race theory; or transgender ideology, or for programs that distribute or restrict funding based on race or gender. * **Reporting Requirements:** The Department of Health and Welfare must submit a report by January 15, 2026, exploring alternatives to the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths assessment, with no assessment alternative including sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. * **Transfer Authority:** The Mental Health Services and Psychiatric Hospitalization divisions are permitted to transfer personnel costs and trustee and benefit payments for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. * **Federal Funding:** The bill includes provisions regarding the handling of federal funding, requiring the agency to avoid supplanting state funds for lost federal support without legislative approval and to report on federal fund utilization.