S99 - Appropriations Act of 2018. (SL 2018-5)

Overview: Sec. 11F.9 of S.L. 2018-5 provides that of the funds appropriated by the act to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, for the new Broughton Hospital for the 2018-2019 fiscal, up to $5 million in recurring funds must be used exclusively for the following:

• Creation of no more than 169 full-time equivalent positions assigned to the new Broughton Hospital;
• Costs directly related to planning for and transitioning patients from the old to the new Broughton Hospital
• Operational costs for the new beds at the new Broughton Hospital.

However the total annualized costs of the above must not exceed $15,000,000 in recurring funds.

This section became effective July 1, 2018.