This bill makes changes to the Healthcare Services Funding Plan Act and the Department of Health law. It changes the date for setting the healthcare services funding contribution each fiscal year and adds the psychiatry resource network funding requirement to the calculation. It establishes a new Psychiatry Resource Network Account funded by the healthcare services funding contribution and exempts the account from indirect cost recoveries. The bill also amends the State Funds law to specify which restricted receipt accounts are exempt from indirect cost recoveries.

In addition, the bill creates a new account for the Psychiatry Resource Network, which will fund existing programs and any future similar programs. The effective date of the bill is July 1, 2024.

Statutes affected:
2072: 42-7.4-3, 35-4-27