FISCAL NOTE

House Bill 331 as introduced appropriates the sum of $40,368,723 from the Children First Trust Fund (CFTF) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 as follows:

Agency	FY 2022 Appropriation
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board	$426,500
Children's Trust Fund	2,415,288
Department of Forensic Sciences	494,309
Alabama Department of Human Resources	11,000,000
Juvenile Probation Services Fund	4,646,647
Alabama Medicaid Agency	1,823,921
Alabama Department of Mental Health	2,142,457
State Multiple Needs Children's Fund	4,354,550
Department of Public Health	4,710,970
Department of Rehabilitation Services	246,763
Department of Youth Services	8,107,318
Total Appropriation	$40,368,723

These funds are conditioned upon receipt of tobacco revenues. Any remaining sums at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the CFTF and shall not revert to the General Fund or to any other fund. This act also transfers approximately $10,800,000 in Children First Trust Fund money allocated to the State Department of Education to the State General Fund for FY 2022.

In addition to the above appropriation, this act also appropriates $47,110,312 from additional tobacco settlement funds for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 to the following entities:

Agency	FY 2022 Appropriation
Department of Early Childhood Education	$395,204
21st Century Debt Services	16,000,000
Senior Services Trust Fund	1,425,727
Alabama Medicaid Agency	27,296,434
Department of Senior Services - Medicaid Waiver	1,992,947
Total Appropriation	$47,110,312

This act also requires that any additional tobacco revenues available for FY 2022 are conditionally appropriated, conditioned upon the recommendation of the Finance Director, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee and Chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee and the approval of the Governor and that notification be provided to legislators representing an area where a grant from the Children First Trust Fund is to be awarded ten days before the funds reach the recipient agency.