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Enrolled HB 55
LAWS OF ALASKA
2025
Source Chapter No.
CCS HB 55 _______
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of t h e s t a t e ' s i n t e g r a t e d
comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE 1
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of t h e s t a t e ' s i n t e g r a t e d 1
comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date. 2
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(SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 2)4
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* Section 1. The following appropriation items are for operating expenditures from the 1
general fund or other funds as set out in the fiscal year 2026 budget summary for the 2
operating budget by funding source to the agencies named for th e purposes expressed for the 3
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, unless otherwise indicated. 4
A p p r o p r i a t i o n G e n e r a l O t h e r 5
A l l o c a t i o n s I t e m s F unds Funds 6
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* * * * * Department of Administration * * * * * 8
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Legal and Advocacy Services 4,145,500 3,771,400 374,100 10
Office of Public Advocacy 2,807,600 11
Public Defender Agency 1,337,900 12
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* * * * * Department of Corrections * * * * * 14
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Community Residential Centers 6,970,500 6,970,500 16
Community Residential 6,970,500 17
C e n t e r s 18
Health and Rehabilitation Services 10,497,300 9,455,600 1,041, 700 19
Behavioral Health Care 8,853,400 20
Substance Abuse Treatment 1,643,900 21
P r o g r a m 22
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* * * * * Department of Education and Early Development * * * * * 24
* * * * * * * * * * 25
Education Support and Admin Services 513,900 377,800 136,100 26
Student and School 513,900 27
Achievement 28
* * * * * * * * * * 29
* * * * * Department of Family and Community Services * * * * * 30
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2 Allocations Items Funds Funds
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Alaska Psychiatric Institute 21,018,000 21,018,000 3
Alaska Psychiatric 19,911,300 4
Institute 5
Facility Rent, Operations, 1,106,700 6
and Maintenance 7
Children's Services 2,226,900 2,226,900 8
Children's Services 69,500 9
Management 10
Front Line Social Workers 148,500 11
Family Preservation 726,000 12
Foster Care Augmented Rate 500,000 13
Foster Care Special Need 782,900 14
Juvenile Justice 1,709,100 1,609,100 100,000 15
McLaughlin Youth Center 951,400 16
Fairbanks Youth Facility 137,600 17
Bethel Youth Facility 205,500 18
Probation Services 314,600 19
Juvenile Justice Health 100,000 20
C a r e 21
Departmental Support Services 7,819,800 7,323,400 496,400 22
Coordinated Health and 7,732,800 23
Complex Care 24
Commissioner's Office 87,000 25
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* * * * * Department of Health * * * * * 27
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Behavioral Health 54,045,300 52,428,700 1,616,600 29
Behavioral Health Treatment 32,904,100 30
and Recovery Grants 31
Alcohol Safety Action 1,286,100 32
Program (ASAP) 33
1 Appropriation General Other
2 Allocations Items Funds Funds
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Behavioral Health 9,764,500 3
Administration 4
Behavioral Health 5,987,300 5
Prevention and Early 6
Intervention Grants 7
Alaska Mental Health Board 1,031,800 8
and Advisory Board on 9
Alcohol and Drug Abuse 10
Suicide Prevention Council 619,800 11
Residential Child Care 2,088,700 12
Behavioral Health Facility 363,000 13
Operations and Maintenance 14
Health Care Services 286,800 286,800 15
Health Facilities Licensing 130,000 16
and Certification 17
Residential Licensing 156,800 18
Public Health 4,987,500 4,592,200 395,300 19
Women, Children and Family 2,074,200 20
H e a l t h 21
Emergency Programs 1,400 22
Chronic Disease Prevention 2,569,900 23
and Health Promotion 24
Bureau of Vital Statistics 70,000 25
Public Health Facility 272,000 26
Operations and Maintenance 27
Senior and Disabilities Services 18,434,000 16,458,000 1,976,0 00 28
Senior and Disabilities 1,180,600 29
Community Based Grants 30
Early Intervention/Infant 13,904,500 31
Learning Programs 32
It is the intent of the legislature that the Department direct grantees of the Infant Learning 33
1 Appropriation General Other
2 Allocations Items Funds Funds
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Program to expand service provision from children with a 50 per cent or more delay in one 3
developmental area to children with a 25 percent or more delay in one developmental area, or 4
with a 20 percent delay or more in two developmental areas. 5
Senior and Disabilities 2,117,000 6
Services Administration 7
General Relief/Temporary 740,300 8
Assisted Living 9
Commission on Aging 211,500 10
Governor's Council on 254,700 11
Disabilities and Special 12
Education 13
Senior and Disabilities 25,400 14
Services Facility 15
Operations and Maintenance 16
Medicaid Services 82,155,800 82,155,800 17
Medicaid Services 82,155,800 18
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* * * * * Department of Labor and Workforce Development * * * * * 20
* * * * * * * * * * 21
Commissioner and Administrative 26,000 26,000 22
Services 23
Labor Market Information 26,000 24
* * * * * * * * * * 25
* * * * * Department of Law * * * * * 26
* * * * * * * * * * 27
Civil Division 100,100 100,100 28
The amount appropriated by this appropriation includes the unex pended and unobligated 29
balance on June 30, 2025, of inter-agency receipts collected in t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f L a w ' s 30
federally approved cost allocation plan. 31
Health, Safety & Welfare 100,100 32
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1 Appropriation General Other
2 Allocations Items Funds Funds
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* * * * * Department of Natural Resources * * * * * 3
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Administration & Support Services 5,721,600 5,721,600 5
Mental Health Trust Lands 5,721,600 6
Administration 7
It is the intent of the legislature that the FY27 budget promot e transparency by reflecting the 8
existing maintenance and operations costs of the Trust and its lessees in the Cordova building 9
and the Trust Authority building. 10
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* * * * * Department of Public Safety * * * * * 12
* * * * * * * * * * 13
Alaska State Troopers 50,000 50,000 14
Alaska State Trooper 50,000 15
Detachments 16
Alaska Police Standards Council 80,000 80,000 17
The amount appropriated by this appropriation includes the unex pended and unobligated 18
balance on June 30, 2025, of the receipts collected under AS 12 .25.195(c), AS 12.55.039, AS 19
28.05.151, and AS 29.25.074 and receipts collected under AS 18.65.220(7). 20
Alaska Police Standards 80,000 21
Council 22
Integrated Victim Assistance 1,617,500 1,617,500 23
Council on Domestic 1,617,500 24
Violence and Sexual Assault 25
* * * * * * * * * * 26
* * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 27
* * * * * * * * * * 28
Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority 6,231,600 758,300 5,473,3 00 29
Mental Health Trust 5,473,300 30
Operations 31
Long Term Care Ombudsman 758,300 32
O f f i c e 33
1 Appropriation General Other
2 Allocations Items Funds Funds
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Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 200,000 200,000 3
AHFC Operations 200,000 4
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* * * * * University of Alaska * * * * * 6
* * * * * * * * * * 7
University of Alaska 2,675,800 805,800 1,870,000 8
Anchorage Campus 2,625,800 9
Troth Yeddha' Campus 50,000 10
* * * * * * * * * * 11
* * * * * Judiciary * * * * * 12
* * * * * * * * * * 13
Alaska Court System 532,800 532,800 14
Trial Courts 532,800 15
Therapeutic Courts 4,655,100 4,496,800 158,300 16
Therapeutic Courts 4,655,100 17
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* Sec. 2. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 1 of 1
this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Department of Administration 4
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 3,771,400 5
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 374,10 0 6
*** Total Agency Funding *** 4,145,500 7
Department of Corrections 8
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 9,455,600 9
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 1,041, 700 10
1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 6,970,500 11
*** Total Agency Funding *** 17,467,800 12
Department of Education and Early Development 13
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 377,800 14
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 136,10 0 15
*** Total Agency Funding *** 513,900 16
Department of Family and Community Services 17
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 32,177,400 18
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 596,40 0 19
*** Total Agency Funding *** 32,773,800 20
Department of Health 21
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 124,895,400 22
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 3,987, 900 23
1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment & Prevention Fund 20,100,000 24
1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 4,412,000 25
1254 Marijuana Education and Treatment Fund 6,514,100 26
*** Total Agency Funding *** 159,909,400 27
Department of Labor and Workforce Development 28
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 26,000 29
*** Total Agency Funding *** 26,000 30
Department of Law 31
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1037 General Fund / Mental Health 100,100 1
*** Total Agency Funding *** 100,100 2
Department of Natural Resources 3
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 5,721, 600 4
*** Total Agency Funding *** 5,721,600 5
Department of Public Safety 6
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 130,00 0 7
1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 1,617,500 8
*** Total Agency Funding *** 1,747,500 9
Department of Revenue 10
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 758,300 11
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 200,00 0 12
1094 Mental Health Trust Administration 5,473,300 13
*** Total Agency Funding *** 6,431,600 14
University of Alaska 15
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 805,800 16
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 1,870, 000 17
*** Total Agency Funding *** 2,675,800 18
Judiciary 19
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 5,029,600 20
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 158,30 0 21
*** Total Agency Funding *** 5,187,900 22
* * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 236,700,900 23
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* Sec. 3. The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec. 1 of 1
this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Unrestricted General 4
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 177,371,400 5
*** Total Unrestric ted General *** 177,371,400 6
Designated General 7
1180 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment & Prevention Fund 20,100,000 8
1246 Recidivism Reduction Fund 13,000,000 9
1254 Marijuana Education and Treatment Fund 6,514,100 10
*** Total Designated General *** 39,614,100 11
Other Non-Duplicated 12
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 14,242 ,100 13
1094 Mental Health Trust Administration 5,473,300 14
*** Total Other Non-Duplicated *** 19,715,400 15
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* Sec. 4. The following appropriations are f or capital projects and grant s from the general 1
fund or other funds as set out in sec. 5 of this Act by funding source to the agencies named for 2
the purposes expressed. They lapse under AS 37.25.020, unless otherwise noted. 3
A p p r o p r i a t i o n G e n e r a l O t h e r 4
A l l o c a t i o n s I t e m s F unds Funds 5
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* * * * * Department of Health * * * * * 7
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MH Trust: Essential Program Equipment 500,000 250,000 250,000 9
(HD 1-40) 10
MH Trust: Home Modification and 575,000 575,000 11
Upgrades to Retain Housing (HD 1-40) 12
MH Trust: Person Centered 250,000 250,000 13
Transportation (HD 1-40) 14
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* * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 16
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Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 18
MH Trust: AHFC Beneficiary and Special 1,950,000 1,750,000 200 ,000 19
Needs Housing (HD 1-40) 20
MH Trust: AHFC Homeless Assistance 10,150,000 9,200,000 950,00 0 21
Program (HD 1-40) 22
MH Trust: AHFC Rural Housing 135,000 135,000 23
Coordinator - Ketchikan (HD 1-40) 24
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* * * * * Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * * * * * 26
* * * * * * * * * * 27
MH Trust: Coordinated Transportation 700,000 700,000 28
and Vehicles (HD 1-40) 29
(SECTION 5 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 30
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* Sec. 5. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 4 of 1
this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Department of Health 4
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 825,000 5
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 500,00 0 6
*** Total Agency Funding *** 1,325,000 7
Department of Revenue 8
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 1,285, 000 9
1139 Alaska Housing Finan ce Corporation Dividend 10,950,000 10
*** Total Agency Funding *** 12,235,000 11
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 12
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 700,000 13
*** Total Agency Funding *** 700,000 14
* * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 14,260,000 15
(SECTION 6 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 16
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* Sec. 6. The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec. 4 of 1
this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Unrestricted General 4
1037 General Fund / Mental Health 1,525,000 5
1139 Alaska Housing Finan ce Corporation Dividend 10,950,000 6
*** Total Unrestric ted General *** 12,475,000 7
Other Non-Duplicated 8
1092 Mental Health Trust Aut hority Authorized Receipts 1,785, 000 9
*** Total Other Non-Duplicated *** 1,785,000 10
(SECTION 7 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 11
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* Sec. 7. PURPOSE. In accordance with AS 37.14.003 and 37.14.005, the app ropriations 1
made in this Act are for the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program. 2
* Sec. 8. N O N G E N E R A L F U N D R E C E I P T S . ( a ) A l a s k a M e n t a l H e a l t h T r u s t A u t h o rity 3
authorized receipts (AS 37.14.036) or administration receipts ( AS 37.14.036) that exceed the 4
amounts appropriated in this Act are appropriated conditioned u pon compliance with the 5
program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 6
(b) If Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority authorized receipt s (AS 37.14.036) or 7
administration receipts (AS 37.14.036) fall short of the estima tes used as the basis of the 8
appropriation, the affected appropriation is reduced by the amount of the shortfall in receipts. 9
* Sec. 9. SALARY AND BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS. (a ) The appropriations made in sec. 10
1 of this Act include amounts fo r salary and benefit adjustment s for public officials, officers, 11
and employees of the executive branch, Alaska Court System empl oyees, employees of the 12
legislature, and legislators and to implement the monetary term s for the fiscal year ending 13
June 30, 2026, of the following ongoing collective bargaining agreements: 14
(1) Public Safety Employees Association, representing the regu larly 15
commissioned public safety officers unit members within the Dep artment of Transportation 16
and Public Facilities; 17
(2) Public Safety Employees Association, representing the regu larly 18
commissioned public safety officers unit members within the Department of Public Safety; 19
(3) Public Employees Local 71, for the labor, trades, and crafts unit; 20
(4) Alaska Public Employees Association, for the supervisory unit; 21
(5) Alaska Correctional Officer s Association, representing the correctional 22
officers unit; 23
(6) Teachers' Education Association of Mt. Edgecumbe, represen ting the 24
teachers of Mt. Edgecumbe High School; 25
(7) Alaska Vocational Technica l Center Teachers' Association, National 26
Education Association, represen ting the employees of the Alaska Vocational Technical 27
Center; 28
(8) International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, representing the 29
masters, mates, and pilots unit; 30
(9) Alaska State Employees Association, for the general government unit; 31
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(10) Marine Engineers' Benefic ial Association, representing li censed 1
engineers employed by the Alaska marine highway system; 2
(11) Confidential Employees Association, representing the confidential unit; 3
(12) Inlandboatmen's Union of t he Pacific, Alaska Region, repr esenting the 4
unlicensed marine unit. 5
(b) The appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec . 1 of this Act include 6
amounts for salary and benefit ad justments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, for 7
university employees who are not members of a collective bargai ning unit and to implement 8
the monetary terms for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, of the following collective 9
bargaining agreements: 10
(1) Fairbanks Firefighters Union, IAFF Local 1324; 11
(2) Alaska Higher Education Crafts and Trades Employees, Local 6070; 12
(3) Alaska Graduate Workers Association/UAW; 13
(4) United Academics - American Association of University Prof essors, 14
American Federation of Teachers; 15
( 5 ) U n i t e d A c a d e m i c - A d j u n c t s - American Association of Unive rsity 16
Professors, American Federation of Teachers. 17
(c) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (a) of this section is not ratified by 18
the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit, th e appropriations made in this 19
Act applicable to the collective bargaining unit's agreement ar e adjusted proportionately by 20
the amount for that collective bargaining agreement, and the co rresponding funding source 21
amounts are adjusted accordingly. 22
(d) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (b) of this section is not ratified by 23
the membership of the respective collective bargaining unit and approved by the Board of 24
Regents of the University of Ala ska, the appropriations made in this Act applicable to the 25
collective bargaining unit's agreement are adjusted proportiona tely by the amount for that 26
collective bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding source amounts are adjusted 27
accordingly. 28
( e ) A p pr o p r ia tio n s ma de in s e c . 1 o f th is A c t fo r s a la ry a n d benefit adjustments as 29
described in (a) and (b) of this section are for the benefit of t h e s t a t e ' s i n t e g r a t e d 30
comprehensive mental health pr ogram only and do not necessarily affect every group of 31
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noncovered employees or every collective bargaining unit listed in (a) and (b) of this section. 1
* Sec. 10. This Act takes effect July 1, 2025. 2