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HB55

HB55: Mental Health Budget Appropriations

Last scannedSep 21, 2026, 12:32 AM

In one sentence

This law provides money for the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program to cover daily operations and building costs during the fiscal year starting July 1, 2025.

What it does

  • Sets aside funds from the General Fund and other sources like Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts for specific agencies.
  • Pays for operating expenses such as staff salaries, legal advocacy services, substance abuse treatment, and behavioral health grants.
  • Funds capital costs including facility rent, operations, and maintenance for buildings used by mental health programs.
  • Provides money to support juvenile justice care in facilities like the McLaughlin Youth Center and Fairbanks Youth Facility.
  • Directs grantees of the Infant Learning Program to expand services from children with a 50% developmental delay to those with smaller delays.

Who it affects

  • State agencies including the Departments of Administration, Corrections, Education and Early Development, Family and Community Services, Health, Labor and Workforce Development, Law, Natural Resources, Public Safety, Revenue, and Housing.
  • The University of Alaska system and the state Judiciary (specifically Therapeutic Courts).
  • Programs serving children with developmental delays, seniors, people with disabilities, individuals in juvenile justice facilities, and victims of domestic violence.

Limits and unknowns

  • The text lists total funding amounts but does not detail how every dollar will be spent within each specific line item.
  • Specific project names or locations beyond general categories like 'Community Residential Centers' are not fully described in the excerpt.
  • Future budget years after June 30, 2026, are not covered by this specific appropriation.

Plain language

Terms to know

Appropriation
The official act of setting aside money from the government budget for a specific purpose.
General Fund
A main state fund used to pay for regular government services, including mental health programs.
Mental Health Trust Authority Authorized Receipts
Money earned from Mental Health Trust Lands that is designated for use in mental health programs.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/1/251385
  2. (H) LINE ITEM VETO AND REDUCTIONS1385
  3. (H) SIGNED INTO LAW 6/12 CHAPTER 11 SLA 251385
  4. (H) LETTER TO AMHTA TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR 5/27/251369
  5. (H) 11:30 A.M. 5/27/25 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR1369
  6. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE1355
  7. (H) CC RPT ADOPTED Y33 N7 CCS HB 551354
  8. (H) CC REPORT TAKEN UP1354
  9. (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE1365
  10. (S) CC RPT ADPTD Y20 N- CCS HB 551365
  11. (S) CC REPORT TAKEN UP1365
  12. (S) CC REPORT READ1343
  13. (S) CC REPORT: CCS HB 55 RECEIVED 5/18 9:26 P.M.1343
  14. (H) CC REPORT READ AND HELD1312
  15. (H) MONETARY TERMS PACKET1312
  16. (H) FISCAL NOTE PACKET1312
  17. (H) CC REPORT: CCS HB 55 RECEIVED 5/18 9:21 P.M.1312
  18. (S) Minutes (SHB53)Min
  19. (S) Moved CCS HB 55 Out of CommitteeText
  20. (S) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB53 AND HB55 at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532Text

Changes

Amendments

2 stored

AM 1

AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y23 N17 812

AM 2

AM NO 2 TABLED UC 813