H259 - 2023 Appropriations Act. (SL 2023-134)

Overview: Section 9G.1A of S.L. 2023-134 allocates $20 million in nonrecurring funds for the 2023-2024 fiscal year and $20 million in nonrecurring funds for the 2024-2025 fiscal year from the ARPA Temporary Savings Fund to the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services, Department of Health and Human Services to allocate to the Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities to provide sign-on and retention bonuses to employees working at State facilities. The sign-on and retention bonuses cannot exceed 15% of the midpoint of the recipient employee’s salary grade.

This section became effective July 1, 2023.