SB 17-264

signed

Funding For Behavioral Mental Health Disorder Services

Plain-English Summary

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Senate Bill 17-264, which has been signed into law, allows money from marijuana tax revenues to be used for funding behavioral mental health services. The bill also ends a fund dedicated to offender mental health services because it no longer receives any money and transfers the remaining funds in that account to the state's general fund. This change will help support mental health programs by providing more resources for those who need behavioral health assistance.

Official Summary

Joint Budget Committee. The bill clarifies that the authorized purposes for which the marijuana tax cash fund may be used include behavioral services. The bill also repeals the offender mental health services fund, which no longer has a revenue source, and directs the remaining money in the fund to be transferred to the general fund. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Details

Chamber: Senate
First action: 2017-06-05
Latest action: 2017-03-27
Last action desc.: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
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Votes

Refer Senate Bill 17-264 to the Committee of the Whole and consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0.

2017-04-18 · House · pass — Yes: 7 · No: 0 · Other: —

Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed on a vote of 9-4.

2017-04-18 · House · pass — Yes: 9 · No: 4 · Other: —

Adopt amendment CLSB.264.001 that the Senate acceded to the House amendments and rerevised bill be adopted. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0.

2017-04-18 · House · pass — Yes: 5 · No: 0 · Other: —

Refer Senate Bill 17-264, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-2.

2017-04-18 · House · pass — Yes: 11 · No: 2 · Other: —