MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2006 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representative Stringer, Holland, Reynolds, Norquist, Brown, Flaggs, Eaton, Perkins, Scott, Hudson, Clarke, Beckett, Vince, Baker (8th), McBride, Rogers (14th), Buck, Martinson, Stevens, Thomas, Bounds, Smith (27th), Akins
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO FULLY FUND THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SEVEN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CENTERS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE SPECIALIZED TREATMENT FACILITY IN HARRISON COUNTY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Mental Health for the operation and maintenance of the seven (7) mental health crisis centers and the Specialized Treatment Facility in Harrison County, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007................................................ $13,804,114.00.
SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of the Health Care Expendable Fund created in Section 43-13-407, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the Department of Mental Health for the operation and maintenance of the seven (7) mental health crisis centers for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007... $876,507.00.
SECTION 3. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of the Crisis Intervention Mental Health Fund created in Section 41-21-151, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the Department of Mental Health for the operation and maintenance of the seven (7) mental health crisis centers for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007...............
................................................. $4,382,540.00.
SECTION 4. With the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act, the following positions are authorized:
Permanent: Full Time............................ 385
Part Time............................ 0
Time-Limited: Full Time............................ 0
Part Time............................ 0
SECTION 5. Of the funds appropriated in Section 1, it is the intention of the Legislature that an amount not to exceed Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000.00) shall be used for the Specialized Treatment Facility in Harrison County.
SECTION 6. The money appropriated in this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2006.