SB 3025 — Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.

3025 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

...............................................$ 222,160,008.00.234,206,164.00.

The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized for expenditure out of any special source funds which are collected by or otherwise become available for the support and maintenance of the Department of Mental Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024..................................$ 422,651,516.00.426,752,723.00.

Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2 of this act, EighteenTwenty Million Nine Hundred Fifty-one Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-six Dollars ($18,951,886.00)($20,951,886.00) shall S.

3025 *SS15/A370**SS26/A370SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2 23/SS15/A37023/SS26/A370SG PAGE 1 (ki\ki) be derived from the Health Care Expendable Fund created in Section 43-13-407, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the support and maintenance of the Department of Mental Health.

$ 636,374.00 Crisis Centers $ 1,138,252.002,000,000.00 PhysicianFentanyl servicesand atdrug communityabuse mentaleducation healthprogram centers.established in House Bill No.

$231, 18,951,886.002023 TOTALRegular SECTIONSession, 4.and the Mississippi Collaborative Response to Mental Health Act established in House Bill No.

1222, 2023 Regular Session $ 1,138,252.00 Physician services at community mental health centers.

$ 20,951,886.00 TOTAL SECTION 4.

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457 With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency’s responsibility to make certain that funds required for Personal Services for Fiscal Year 2025 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2024 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are added to the agency’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget by the Mississippi S.

3025 *SS15/A370**SS26/A370SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/SS15/A37023/SS26/A370SG PAGE 2(ki\ki)2 Legislature.Time-Limited:

The457 LegislatureWith the funds herein appropriated, it shall determinebe the agency’sagency's personalresponsibility servicesto appropriation,make whichcertain shallthat befunds publishedrequired byfor Personal Services for Fiscal Year 2025 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2024 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are added to the Stateagency's PersonnelFiscal Board.Year 2024 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.

The Legislature shall determine the agency's personal services appropriation, which the State Personnel Board shall publish.

The agency's personal services appropriation may consist of restricted funds for approved vacancies for Fiscal Year 2024 that may not be utilized for active Fiscal Year 2023 Headcount.

It shall be the agency's responsibility to ensure that the funds provided for vacancies are used to increase headcount and not for promotions, title changes, in-range salary adjustments or any other mechanism for increasing salaries for current employees.

It is the Legislature's intention that no employee salary falls below the minimum salary established by the Mississippi State Personnel Board.

If the agency’sagency's Fiscal Year 2024 projected cost exceeds the annualized costs, no salary actions shall be processed by the StateS. Personnel Board with the exception of new hires that are determined to be essential for the agency.

Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions and procedures established by law or allowable under the terms set forth within this act.

The State Personnel Board shall not escalate positions without written approval from the Department of Finance and Administration.

The Department of Finance and Administration shall not provide written approval to escalate any funds for salaries and/or positions without proof of availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated level.

No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.

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NurseNo Licensedgeneral Practicalfunds I,authorized IIto be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and III;which are withdrawn and no longer available.

NurseNone I,of II,the IIIfunds andherein IV;appropriated shall be used in violation of the Internal Revenue Service's Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.

Nurse Manager;

Nurse Administrator;

Nurse Chief;

and for those employees who function as a nurse and are already classified in their new nurse titles as part of Project SEC2.

Authority is provided for an increase of up to seventy-five percent (75%) temporary COVID adjustment pay for Fiscal Year 2024.

3025 *SS15/A370**SS26/A370SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/SS15/A37023/SS26/A370SG PAGE 4(ki\ki)4 this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted performance measures provided below:

3025 *SS15/A370**SS26/A370SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/SS15/A37023/SS26/A370SG PAGE 5(ki\ki)5 Tracking the Number of Calls to Mobile Crisis Response Teams 33,703 Number Referred from Mobile Crisis Response Teams to a Community Mental Health Center and Scheduled an Appointment 10,289 Number Diverted from a More Restrictive Environment Due to Mobile Crisis Response Teams 23,427 Increase the Number of Certified Peer Supt Specialists in the State 315 IDDIdd Services Number of Individuals on Planning List for Home and Community-Based Services 2,800 Percent of DMH Institutionalized Clients who Could be Served in the Community 100.00 Percent of DMH Clients Served in the Community vs.

3025 *SS15/A370**SS26/A370SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/SS15/A37023/SS26/A370SG PAGE 6(ki\ki)6 (MAP) Teams 2.50 Number Served by MAP Teams 860 Number of Children and Youth that are Served by Wraparound Facilitation 2,080 3% Alcohol Tax-alcohol/drug Prg Number of Residential Beds Made Available Statewide due to the Three Percent Tax Supplements 218 Number Receiving Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment 800 Crisis Stabilization Units Average Length of Time from Mental Health Crisis to Receipt of Community Mental Health Crisis Service (Minutes) 1.50 Percent of People Receiving Mental Health Crisis Services who were Treated at Community Mental Health Centers vs.

Institutions 98.00 Diversion Rate of Admissions to State Hospitals (% of People) 90.00 Number of Involuntary Admissions 1,900 Number of Voluntary Admissions 1,700 MIMi - Institutional Care Number Served Adult Acute Psychiatric 1,900 Maintain Readmission Rates within S.

3025 *SS15/A370**SS26/A370SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/SS15/A37023/SS26/A370SG PAGE 7(ki\ki)7 National Trends 4.00 MIMi - Support Services Support as an Overall Percent of Total Budget 5.50 IDDIdd - Institutional Care Number of People Served in Residential IID Programs 697 Number of People Transitioned from Facility to ICF/IID Community Home 18 IDDIdd - Group Homes Number of People Served in the 10-bed ICF/IID Community Homes 556 Percent of People Served in the Community vs.

in an Institutional Setting 43.60 IDDIdd - Community Programs Number of People Added from Planning List to ID/DD Waiver Services 97 Number of People Enrolled in the 1915i 1,054 IDDIdd - Support Services Support as a Percent of Total Budget 4.00 A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2025.