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79CSHB IN79(FIN) THE_______ LEGISLATUREAN OFACT THEMaking STATEsupplemental OFappropriations ALASKAand THIRTY-THIRDother LEGISLATUREappropriations; - FIRST SESSION BY THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR Introduced:

2/20/23making Referred:appropriations under art.

FinanceIX, Asec. BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act making supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations;

amending17(c), appropriations;Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund;

and providing for an effective date."date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

*_______________ SectionBE 1.IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE 1 Enrolled HB 79 AN ACT Making supplemental appropriations and other appropriations;

making appropriations under art.

IX, sec.

17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund;

and providing for an effective date.

_______________ (SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 2) -1- Enrolled HB 79 * Section 1.

The following appropriation items are for operating expenditures from the general fund or other funds as set out in the fiscal year 2023 budget summary for the operating budget by funding source to the agencies named for the purposes expressed for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2023, unless otherwise indicated.

Appropriation General Other Allocations Items Funds Funds * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Department of Health * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Public Assistance 6,821,700 3,088,700 3,733,000 Public Assistance Field 6,821,700 Services Medicaid Services -3,088,700 -3,088,700 Medicaid Services -3,088,700 (SECTION 2 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) CSHB 79(FIN), Sec.

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2.

The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec.

1 of this Act.

Funding Source Amount Department of Health 1002 Federal Receipts 3,733,000 *** Total Agency Funding *** 3,733,000 * * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 3,733,000 (SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) CSHB 79(FIN), Sec.

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3.

The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec.

1 of this Act.

Funding Source Amount Federal Receipts 1002 Federal Receipts 3,733,000 *** Total Federal Receipts *** 3,733,000 (SECTION 4 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) CSHB 79(FIN), Sec.

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4.

(a) The sum of $2,285,200 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration, legal and advocacy services, office of public advocacyadvocacy, for the cost of implementationimplementing ofch. chapter 44 SLA 2022 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.

(b)44, TheSLA sum2022, of $825,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration, legal and advocacy services, office of public advocacy to address case backlogs for the fiscal yearsyear ending June 30, 20232023. and June 20, 2024.

(c)(b) The sum of $833,800$825,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration, legal and advocacy services, publicoffice defender agency for the cost of implementationpublic ofadvocacy, chapterto 44address SLAcase 2022backlogs for the fiscal yearyears ending June 30, 2023.2023, and June 30, 2024.

(d)(c) The sum of $750,000$833,800 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of HB0079a -1- HB 79 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-GH1063\A Administration, legal and advocacy services, public defender agencyagency, to address case backlogs for the fiscalcost yearsof endingimplementing Junech. 30, 2023 and June 20, 2024.

44, SLA 2022, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.

(d) The sum of $750,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration, legal and advocacy services, public defender agency, to address case backlogs for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2024.

2.5.

DEPARTMENTCONSTITUTIONAL OFBUDGET HEALTH.RESERVE FUND.

The(a) sumIf, ofafter $6,821,700 is appropriated to the Departmentappropriation ofmade Health,in divisionsec. of public assistance, public assistance field services for Medicaid eligibility redeterminations and public assistance program application processing for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, from the following sources:

(1)85(b), $3,733,000ch. from federal receipts;

(2)11, $3,088,700SLA from2022, the unobligatedunrestricted andstate unexpendedrevenue balanceavailable offor appropriation in fiscal year 2023 is insufficient to cover the general fund appropriationappropriations that take effect in fiscal year 2023 that are made in sec.ch.

1,12, SLA 2022, and the general fund appropriations that take effect in fiscal year 2023 that are made in ch.

11, SLA 20222022, pagenot 23,including linethe 31,appropriation andmade allocatedin onsec. page 24, line 16.