MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Appropriations C; Appropriations A
By: Representative Creekmore IV
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE PEER HELPERS PLUS PROGRAM AND THE PREVENTION AWARENESS FOR TOTAL HEALTH (PATH) CURRICULUM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026.
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 Opioid Settlement Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the State Department of Mental Health for the purpose of funding the Peer Helpers PLUS Program and Prevention Awareness for Total Health (PATH) curriculum for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026............................. $ 4,000,000.00.
SECTION 2. The funds appropriated under Section 1 of this act shall be appropriated from monies available in the Opioid Settlement Fund created in Section 27-103-305, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the State Department of Mental Health for the administration of the Peer Helpers PLUS Program and the Prevention Awareness for Total Health (PATH) curriculum established in House Bill No. 1399, 2025 Regular Session.
SECTION 3. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the Opioid Settlement Fund not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue the warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.