Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:843 – A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the Behavioral Health and Wellness Fund, hereafter referred to in this Section as the “fund”.
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:843
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Behavioral health: is a term used to refer to both mental health and substance use. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Treatment: means an active effort to accomplish an improvement in the mental condition or behavior of a patient or to prevent deterioration in his condition or behavior. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the Behavioral Health and Wellness Fund, hereafter referred to in this Section as the “fund”.
B. Any appropriations, public or private grants, gifts, or donations received by the state or by the Louisiana Department of Health or its office of behavioral health or human services districts for the purposes of this Chapter, except for monies deposited into the Compulsive and Problem Gaming Fund pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, shall be credited to the fund. Monies in the fund shall be utilized to support and invest in intensive and comprehensive treatment facilities for individuals with compulsive and problem gambling addictions.
C. Monies in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund. Interest earned on the investments of monies in the fund shall be deposited in and credited to the fund. Unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund.
D. Monies in the fund shall only be withdrawn pursuant to an appropriation by the legislature solely to implement the provisions of this Chapter.
Acts 2021, No. 435, §3, eff. June 21, 2021.