Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Behavioral Services for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Mental Health Services, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention. It appropriatesatotalof$149,468,000andcapsthenumberofauthorizedfull-timeequivalentpositionsat788.41. This bill provides funding for eight line items. In the Division of Mental Health Services, line items provide: a reductiontotransfertheHomeswithAdultResidentialTreatment(HART)totheDivisionofMedicaid; funding for youth crisis centers; and community mental health funds. In the Division of Psychiatric Hospitalization, line items provide: funding to update the electronic medical records system used by the three state hospitals; funds for State Hospital North and State Hospital West to make facility alterations to achieve accreditation; and funding for State Hospital South to provide funding for upgrades to maintain accreditation. In the Division of Substance Abuse, line items provide: funds for the substance abuse prevention grant; and funds for the state opioid response grant. In addition, there is one supplemental in this bill for the Division of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention, which provides onetime funds for the state opioid response grant.