Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.

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To: Appropriations
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Senator(s) Hopson, DeBar, Hill, Boyd,
Butler, DuPree, Frazier

SENATE BILL NO. 3072
(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE 1
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 3
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 4
necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State 5
General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the support and 6
maintenance of the Department of Mental Health for the fiscal year 7
beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027.................. 8
............................................... $ 265,056,513.00. 9
SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 10
necessary, is hereby authorized for expenditure out of any special 11
source funds which are collected by or otherwise become available 12
for the support and maintenance of the Department of Mental Health 13
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending 14
June 30, 2027.................................. $ 480,867,311.00. 15
SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of 16
Section 2 of this act, Twenty Million Nine Hundred Fifty-one 17
Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-six Dollars ($20,951,886.00) shall 18
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be derived from the Health Care Expendable Fund created in Section 19
43-13-407, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the support and 20
maintenance of the Department of Mental Health. The funds 21
provided for in this section shall be allocated as follows: 22
$ 16,797,843.00 Expenses of the Department of Mental 23
Health, payment of Medicaid state share, 24
or prepayment of Medicaid state share 25
$ 636,374.00 Crisis Centers 26
$ 379,417.00 Alzheimer's disease services development 27
$ 2,000,000.00 Mental health first aid training for 28
county and municipal law enforcement; 29
crisis intervention team officers 30
pursuant to Section 17-25-39, Mississippi 31
Code of 1972; community mental health 32
centers court liaisons pursuant to 33
Section 41-21-77.1, Mississippi Code of 34
1972, and the Mental Health Act 35
established in House Bill No. 1222, 2023 36
Regular Session 37
$ 1,138,252.00 Physician services at community mental 38
health centers 39
$ 20,951,886.00 TOTAL 40
SECTION 4. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of 41
this act, not more than the following amount of funds, with the 42
exception of the provisions in this section, shall be expended 43
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only for "Personal Services," which includes "Vacancy Funding," 44
for the following authorized number of employment headcount: 45
FUNDING: 46
General Funds: $ 103,321,954.00 47
Special Funds: $ 212,776,052.00 48
Total Funds: $ 316,098,006.00 49
PERSONAL SERVICES: 50
Employee Salaries, Wages and 51
Fringe Benefits: $ 300,293,106.00 52
Progressions: $ 0.00 53
Vacancy Funding: $ 15,804,900.00 54
Total Personal Services: $ 316,098,006.00 55
AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT: 56
Permanent: 4,683 57
Time-Limited: 330 58
As used in this section, the term "Personal Services" shall 59
mean funds provided under the major object of expenditure category 60
Personal Services for Salaries, Wages, and Fringe Benefits. Funds 61
in this category shall not be transferred to any other category. 62
It is the intention of the Legislature to ensure compliance 63
with the Variable Compensation Plan, as outlined in Section 64
25-9-147, Mississippi Code of 1972. Payment from these funds 65
shall be in accordance with the Variable Compensation Plan 66
promulgated by the Mississippi State Personnel Board. It is the 67
Legislature's intention that no employee's salary falls below the 68
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minimum salary established by the Mississippi State Personnel 69
Board. 70
The State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the 71
projected annual cost of "Personal Services" based on monthly and 72
year-to-date payroll expenditures in compliance with the 73
provisions of this act. 74
With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency's 75
responsibility to ensure that no single personnel action or 76
combination of personnel actions, when annualized, exceeds the 77
Fiscal Year 2027 appropriation for "Personal Services" with the 78
exception of escalated funds. Further, it shall be the agency's 79
responsibility to ensure that funds required to be appropriated 80
for "Personal Services" for Fiscal Year 2028 do not exceed Fiscal 81
Year 2027 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs or 82
positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2027 budget by the 83
Mississippi Legislature. 84
If, at the time the agency takes any action to change 85
"Personal Services," the State Personnel Board determines that the 86
agency has taken or will take an action that would cause the 87
agency to exceed the funds appropriated in this act when 88
annualized for Fiscal Year 2027 or increase the need for "Personal 89
Services" for Fiscal Year 2028, when annualized, the State 90
Personnel Board shall process no salary actions until such time as 91
the requirements of the provisions of this section are met with 92
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the exception of new hires determined to be essential for the 93
agency. 94
When used in this section, "Vacancy Funding" shall mean funds 95
included in the Total Personal Services amount listed above and 96
designated for approved vacancies in Fiscal Year 2027. These 97
funds are to be utilized to increase the number of filled 98
headcounts that were authorized but unfilled as of the last day of 99
Fiscal Year 2026. If the agency fills additional headcounts after 100
March 1, 2026, until the end of Fiscal Year 2026, the amount of 101
available Vacancy Funding may be proportionally adjusted to 102
reflect the updated number of filled headcounts. The agency shall 103
be responsible for ensuring that "Vacancy Funding" is used to 104
increase headcounts and not for promotions, title changes, 105
in-range salary adjustments, or any other mechanism for increasing 106
salaries for current employees. 107
Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with 108
the terms, conditions, and procedures established by law or 109
allowable under the terms set forth within this act. The State 110
Personnel Board shall not escalate positions or increase the 111
Personal Services total without written approval from the 112
Department of Finance and Administration. The Department of 113
Finance and Administration shall not provide written approval to 114
escalate any funds for salaries and/or headcounts without proof of 115
availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated 116
level. Unless specifically noted, all Fiscal Year 2026 escalated 117
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headcounts have been accounted for and shall be converted to 118
authorized time-limited headcounts. 119
No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be 120
used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds used for 121
salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are 122
withdrawn and no longer available. 123
None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in 124
violation of the Internal Revenue Service's Publication 15-A 125
relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as 126
interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor. 127
If the agency's total authorized headcount decreases from 128
Fiscal Year 2026 to Fiscal Year 2027, it will be the agency's 129
discretion as to what headcounts are removed. 130
SECTION 5. In compliance with the "Mississippi Performance 131
Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994," it is the intent of 132
the Legislature that the funds provided herein shall be utilized 133
in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the 134
intended mission of this agency. Based on the funding authorized, 135
this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted 136
performance measures provided below: 137
FY2027 138
Performance Measures Target 139
Services Management 140
Number of On-Site Reviews Conducted by 141
the Division of Audit 40 142
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Number of On-Site Reviews Conducted for 143
DMH Certified Provider Agencies 150 144
Mental Health Services 145
Percent of Population Lacking Access to 146
Community-Based Mental Health Care 30.00 147
Percent of DMH Clients Served in the 148
Community vs. in an Institutional 149
Setting 98.00 150
Increase by at Least 25% the Utilization 151
of Alternative Placement/Treatment 152
Options for Individuals who have had 153
Multiple Hospitalizations & Do Not 154
Respond to Traditional Treatment 3.00 155
Number Served by PACT Teams and 156
Intensive Case Management Teams 2,150 157
Number of Individuals Employed Through 158
Supported Employment 200 159
Increase Access to Crisis Services by 160
Tracking the Number of Calls to Mobile 161
Crisis Response Teams 8,500 162
Number Referred from Mobile Crisis 163
Response Teams to a Community Mental 164
Health Center and Scheduled an 165
Appointment 3,379 166
Number Diverted from a More Restrictive 167
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Environment Due to Mobile Crisis 168
Response Teams 8,200 169
Increase the Number of Certified Peer 170
Supt Specialists in the State 280 171
IDD Services 172
Number of Individuals on Planning List 173
for Home and Community-Based Services 2,700 174
Percent of DMH Institutionalized Clients 175
who Could be Served in the Community 100.00 176
Percent of DMH Clients Served in the 177
Community vs. in an Institutional 178
Setting 87.00 179
Number of People Added from Planning 180
List to ID/DD Waiver Services 250 181
Children & Youth Services 182
Percent of Children with Serious Mental 183
Illness Served by Local 184
Multidisciplinary Assessment & Planning 185
(MAP) Teams 2.50 186
Number Served by MAP Teams 1,028 187
Number of Children & Youth that are 188
Served by Wraparound Facilitation 1,648 189
3% Alcohol Tax-alcohol/drug Prg 190
Number of Residential Beds Made 191
Available Statewide due to the Three 192
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Percent Tax Supplements 228 193
Number Receiving Residential Substance 194
Use Disorder Treatment 1,319 195
Crisis Stabilization Units 196
Average Length of Time from Mental 197
Health Crisis to Receipt of Community 198
Mental Health Crisis Service (Minutes) 1.50 199
Percent of People Receiving Mental 200
Health Crisis Services who were Treated 201
at Community Mental Health Centers vs. 202
Institutions 98.00 203
Diversion Rate of Admissions to State 204
Hospitals (% of People) 90.00 205
Number of Involuntary Admissions 1,738 206
Number of Voluntary Admissions 2,243 207
MI - Institutional Care 208
Number Served Adult Acute Psychiatric 2,100 209
Maintain Readmission Rates within 210
National Trends 4.00 211
MI - Support Services 212
Support as an Overall Percent of Total 213
Budget 6.03 214
IDD - Institutional Care 215
Number of People Served in Residential 216
IID Programs 754 217
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Number of People Transitioned from 218
Facility to ICF/IID Community Home 17 219
IDD - Group Homes 220
Number of People Served in the 10-bed 221
ICF/IID Community Homes 565 222
Percent of People Served in the 223
Community vs. in an Institutional 224
Setting 87.00 225
IDD - Community Programs 226
Number of People Added from Planning 227
List to ID/DD Waiver Services 250 228
Number of People Enrolled in the 1915i 1,100 229
IDD - Support Services 230
Support as a Percent of Total Budget 4.70 231
A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets 232
set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the 233
agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget 234
Committee for Fiscal Year 2028. 235
SECTION 6. The Department of Mental Health and its 236
facilities shall have the authority, within funding and spending 237
authority appropriated under the provisions of this act to 238
transfer funds to the Division of Medicaid in payment of Medicaid 239
match and designate that the funds thus transferred shall be 240
applied to Medicaid match obligations arising in the subsequent 241
fiscal year. 242
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SECTION 7. Any person within the Department of Mental Health 243
who must work on a statutory holiday or any holiday proclaimed by 244
the Governor may, at the discretion of the Director of the 245
Institution and the Executive Director of the Department of Mental 246
Health and within available personnel funds, be paid "call-back 247
pay" in lieu of "compensatory time credit." 248
SECTION 8. Of the funds appropriated to the "Service 249
Budget," funds are included for the support of community mental 250
health services for Fiscal Year 2027. 251
Provided, however, that none of the funds appropriated for 252
the support of community mental health services shall be made 253
available to any Regional Mental Health/Intellectual Disability 254
Center which does not receive from each of its participating 255
counties a dollar amount equivalent to what the proceeds of a 256
three-fourths (3/4) mill tax on all taxable property in the county 257
in Fiscal Year 1982 would have been or the amount of funds 258
contributed to the center by the county in Fiscal Year 1984, 259
whichever shall be greater. By means of performance contracts, 260
the Department of Mental Health shall disburse the funds 261
appropriated in this section for services for the mentally ill, 262
intellectually disabled and alcohol/drug abusers. The State Board 263
of Mental Health and the Department of Mental Health shall be 264
responsible for selecting the types of services which shall be 265
provided with the funds appropriated in this section, for 266
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developing and monitoring performance contracts and for holding 267
contractors accountable for utilization of funds. 268
SECTION 9. Ellisville State School is authorized to draw up 269
to Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000.00) from interest 270
earned on funds invested in Ellisville State School Client's Trust 271
Fund for the purpose of supplementing the cost related to 272
supplies, property, and equipment in direct care. 273
SECTION 10. The Department of Mental Health and its 274
facilities shall have the express legal authority, within funding 275
and spending authority appropriated under the provisions of this 276
act to purchase land for use by residential facilities operated by 277
the department, either directly or by means of transferring funds 278
to the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, 279
and to transfer such funds to the Bureau of Building, Grounds, and 280
Real Property Management for the purposes of constructing and 281
equipping group homes for persons with mental illness, 282
intellectual disability, and/or substance abuse; constructing and 283
equipping such other buildings as may be required for treatment of 284
persons with mental illness, intellectual disability, and/or 285
substance abuse; repair and renovate existing buildings; and to 286
construct, repair and/or renovate employee housing. Any 287
intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual 288
disabilities (ICF/IID) constructed with funds authorized in this 289
section shall be authorized to participate in Medicaid funding 290
available for such services. 291
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SECTION 11. It is the intention of the Legislature that the 292
Department of Mental Health shall maintain complete accounting and 293
personnel records related to the expenditure of all funds 294
appropriated under this act and that such records shall be in the 295
same format and level of detail as maintained for Fiscal Year 296
2026. It is further the intention of the Legislature that the 297
agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2028 shall be submitted to 298
the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of 299
detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided 300
during the Fiscal Year 2027 budget request process. 301
SECTION 12. It is the intention of the Legislature that none 302
of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay certain 303
utilities for state-furnished housing for any employees. Such 304
utilities shall include electricity, natural gas, butane, propane, 305
cable and phone services. Where actual cost cannot be determined, 306
the agency shall be required to provide meters to be in compliance 307
with legislative intent. Such state-furnished housing shall 308
include single-family and multifamily residences but shall not 309
include any dormitory residences. Allowances for such utilities 310
shall be prohibited. 311
SECTION 13. It is the intention of the Legislature that the 312
Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health shall have 313
authority to transfer cash from one special fund treasury fund to 314
another special fund treasury fund under the control of the 315
Department of Mental Health. The purpose of this authority is to 316
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more efficiently use available cash reserves. It is further the 317
intention of the Legislature that the Executive Director of the 318
Department of Mental Health shall submit written justification for 319
the transfer to the Legislative Budget Office and the Department 320
of Finance and Administration. None of the funds transferred with 321
this section may be transferred to the Central Office for Personal 322
Services. 323
SECTION 14. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 324
of this act, Fifty-one Million Five Hundred Sixty-one Thousand One 325
Hundred Sixty-nine Dollars ($51,561,169.00) is provided to the 326
Department of Mental Health to expand community-based services. 327
Further, it is the intention of the Legislature that the 328
Department of Mental Health shall have the authority to transfer 329
such sums from this source as are necessary to implement or 330
improve those community services that are more appropriately 331
addressed by the Mississippi Department of Education and/or the 332
Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services to those 333
agencies for that purpose. Further, it is the intention of the 334
Legislature that any sums received from this source that are not 335
expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, by the 336
Mississippi Department of Mental Health shall be reappropriated 337
for the same purpose during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027. 338
Further, it is the intention of the Legislature that the 339
Department of Mental Health shall account for the expenditure of 340
these funds in sufficient detail to clearly show the purposes for 341
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which such funds were expended. The Executive Director of the 342
Department of Mental Health shall report any such reappropriation 343
to the Legislative Budget Office no later than fifteen (15) days 344
after the effective date of the reappropriation. 345
SECTION 15. Of the funds appropriated in this act, the 346
Department of Mental Health, with approval by the board, may 347
contract with Community Mental Health Centers, or suitable 348
entities, for the purpose of operating the Crisis Stabilization 349
Units at Grenada, Batesville, Brookhaven, Cleveland, Corinth, 350
Laurel Newton, Brandon, Gulfport, Jackson, Tupelo, West Point, 351
Whitfield, and Natchez. The department shall provide quarterly 352
progress reports on the operation of the Crisis Stabilization 353
Units to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Public Health and 354
Appropriations Committees. 355
SECTION 16. It is the intention of the Legislature that 356
whenever two (2) or more bids are received by this agency for the 357
purchase of commodities or equipment, and whenever all things 358
stated in such received bids are equal with respect to price, 359
quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind 360
shall be given preference. A similar preference shall be given to 361
the Mississippi Industries for the Blind whenever purchases are 362
made without competitive bids. 363
SECTION 17. The Department of Finance and Administration 364
(DFA) shall transfer funds back to the Department of Mental 365
Health, upon the request of the Department of Mental Health, where 366
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the funds received by DFA from the Department of Mental Health 367
were special funds (neither general funds or bond funds) and where 368
those funds are not required for the payment of costs already 369
incurred on a building or repair project. For the purposes of 370
this section, the term "special funds" includes any state source 371
special funds, including, but not limited to, funds from the 372
Health Care Expendable Fund. The duty of DFA to transfer funds 373
back to the Department of Mental Health under this section applies 374
to any funds described in this section that were transferred to 375
DFA, regardless of the year that the transfer was made by the 376
Department of Mental Health. 377
SECTION 18. None of the funds provided in Section 1, 2, or 3 378
of this act shall be used to pay Medicaid match for the twelve 379
(12) Community Mental Health Centers. 380
SECTION 19. Of the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this 381
act, it is the intention of the Legislature that Three Million 382
Nine Hundred Ten Thousand Seven Hundred Two Dollars 383
($3,910,702.00) shall be allocated to the Crisis Intervention 384
Mental Health Fund supported by General Fund court assessments. 385
SECTION 20. Of the funds appropriated in this act, the 386
Department of Mental Health shall fund ten (10) Programs of 387
Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) Teams and provide supportive 388
employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental 389
disabilities. 390
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SECTION 21. Notwithstanding any other provision, the 391
Department of Mental Health shall have the authority to escalate 392
its headcount for any additional operational needs related to 393
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds upon approval of the 394
Department of Finance and Administration and the State Personnel 395
Board. 396
SECTION 22. Of the funds appropriated in Section 1 and 397
Section 2 of this act, it is the intention of the Legislature that 398
continued funding at or above the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriated 399
amount shall be provided for Three Thousand (3,000) slots in the 400
ID/DD Home and Community-Based Waiver program. In addition, Two 401
Million Three Hundred Seventy-seven Thousand Thirty-one Dollars 402
($2,377,031.00) from the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this 403
act is provided for an increase of One Hundred Twenty-five (125) 404
waiver slots, for a total of Three Thousand One Hundred 405
Twenty-five (3,125) slots in the ID/DD Home and Community-Based 406
Waiver program. 407
SECTION 23. Of the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this 408
act, Two Million Four Hundred Seventy-two Thousand Dollars 409
($2,472,000.00) is provided for the Department of Mental Health. 410
These funds are provided for the following purposes: 411
Statewide Court Liaisons....................... $ 675,000.00 412
ID/DD Crisis Training.......................... $ 147,000.00 413
988 Call Centers .............................. $ 1,650,000.00 414
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SECTION 24. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 415
necessary, is reappropriated out of any money in the Capital 416
Expense Fund not otherwise appropriated for the Department of 417
Mental Health for the purpose of reauthorizing the expenditure of 418
Capital Expense Fund, as appropriated in SB 2016, 2025 First 419
Extraordinary Session, to the Department of Mental Health for the 420
purpose of entering into a subgrant with Canopy Children's 421
Solutions for the construction and renovation of the CARES Center, 422
including the children and youth Psychiatric Residential Treatment 423
Facility for Trauma Recovery, for the fiscal year beginning 424
July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027......... $ 12,000,000.00. 425
Notwithstanding the amount reappropriated under this section, 426
the amount that may be expended under the authority of this 427
section shall not exceed the unexpended balance of the funds 428
remaining as of June 30, 2026, from the amount authorized for the 429
previous fiscal year. In addition, this reappropriation shall not 430
change the purpose for which the funds were originally authorized. 431
SECTION 25. Of the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this 432
act, One Hundred Sixty-four Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-nine 433
Dollars ($164,859.00) is provided for the Division of Autism 434
Services created in Section 41-4-29, Mississippi Code of 1972. 435
SECTION 26. Of the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this 436
act, Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) is provided for the 437
Special Olympics of Mississippi. 438
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SECTION 27. With the funds appropriated herein, the 439
Mississippi Department of Mental Health is authorized to make 440
payments for expenses incurred during prior fiscal years for an 441
amount not to exceed Four Hundred Thirteen Thousand Six Hundred 442
and Ten Dollars ($413,610.00). These payments are for previous 443
year invoices for RTM Designs, Precision Healthcare, and Change 444
Healthcare Technologies, LLC. 445
SECTION 28. As a condition of receiving and expending the 446
funds appropriated to the Department of Mental Health under 447
Sections 29 and 30 of this act, a recipient designated under this 448
section shall certify in writing and under oath to the Department 449
that no contract of compensation dependent on the success or 450
failure of legislation or executive action prohibited under 451
Section 5-8-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, has been entered into by 452
the recipient, with any individual or entity, in pursuance of such 453
funding. None of the funds appropriated by this act shall be 454
disbursed to a recipient or used by a recipient who fails to make 455
such certification or is found to be in violation of such 456
certification. 457
SECTION 29. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 458
of Section 2 of this act, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars 459
($500,000.00) shall be derived from the Opioid Settlement Fund as 460
created in Section 27-103-305, for the support and maintenance of 461
the Department of Mental Health. These nonabatement funds 462
provided in this section shall be allocated as follows: 463
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Funding for the Mississippi Dementia Care Program, as created 464
in the Jimmy Kaigler Alzheimer's Support Act....... $ 500,000.00. 465
SECTION 30. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 466
of Section 2 of this act, Eleven Million Nine Hundred Ninety-five 467
Thousand Dollars ($11,995,000.00) shall be derived from the Opioid 468
Settlement Fund as created in Section 27-103-305, Mississippi Code 469
of 1972, for the support and maintenance of the Department of 470
Mental Health. These abatement funds provided in this section 471
shall be allocated as follows: 472
Funding to increase capacity for substance 473
use disorder (SUD)treatment, fifteen (15) 474
additional beds at East Mississippi State 475
Hospital in Meridian.......................... $ 895,000.00. 476
Funding a partnership with Open Doors 477
Homeless Coalition establishing voucher 478
program for adults leaving residential 479
substance use disorder treatment for safe, 480
stable housing................................ $ 1,500,000.00. 481
Funding a partnership with Mississippi 482
State University on a statewide Comprehensive 483
Needs Assessment.............................. $ 100,000.00. 484
Funding Oceans Healthcare to improve 485
maternal mental health and reduce 486
opioid-related morbidity and mortality among 487
pregnant and postpartum women................. $ 4,000,000.00. 488
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ST: Appropriation; Mental Health, Department
of.
Funding for the Community Mental Health 489
Centers (CMHC) to directly expand access to 490
lifesaving care. Funding to be distributed to 491
each CMHC based on formula administered 492
by the department............................. $ 4,500,000.00. 493
Funding for South Central Regional 494
Medical Center to create modern, 495
trauma-informed, and accessible facilities 496
in order to admit more patients and 497
provide a safe environment for individuals 498
and their families............................ $ 1,000,000.00. 499
SECTION 31. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by 500
the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the 501
credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon 502
warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal 503
Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the 504
proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law. 505
SECTION 32. This act shall take effect and be in force from 506
and after July 1, 2026. 507