Funding restored for crucial behavioral health programs, leaving related services as is
Published on March 23, 2026.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted to restore funding for two crucial behavioral health programs, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Peer Support Services, which were cut in 2025. The Joint Legislative Millennium Fund Committee, which oversees tobacco settlement funds, voted to use $6 million from the Millennium Fund to restore these programs. This recommendation hinges on another settlement fund, the Opioid Settlement Fund, appropriating $5.8 million for other costs related to the programs. The other option was restoring funding for ACT, Peer Support services using $10.1 million in dedicated funds and $20.5 million in federal funds. However, this could result in a general fund ask for Fiscal Year 2028.
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