ARPA Draft v.2
ARPA Draft v.2
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4 SYNOPSIS:
5 This bill makes supplemental appropriations from
6 the American Rescue Plan Act - Coronavirus State Fiscal
7 Recovery Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30,
8 2023.
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11 A BILL
12 TO BE ENTITLED
13 AN ACT
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15 To make supplemental appropriations from the American
16 Rescue Plan Act - Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund for
17 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.
18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
19 Section 1. In addition to all other appropriations
20 heretofore or hereafter made, there is hereby appropriated
21 $1,060,181,797.72 in federal funds from the American Rescue
22 Plan Act - Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund to the
23 Department of Finance for the fiscal year ending September 30,
24 2023:
25 (a) Up to $339,175,000 shall be used to support the
26 delivery of health care and related services to citizens of
27 Alabama related to the coronavirus pandemic, of which:
28 (1) Up to $200,000,000 shall be used to reimburse
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57 provider.
58 (7) Up to $20,000,000 shall be used to assist with a
59 voluntary clinical trial and health care research program to
60 enable greater access to personalized medicine for citizens of
61 Alabama.
62 (8) Up to $175,000 shall be used to reimburse expenses
63 related to the coronavirus vaccine voucher programs for public
64 university students.
65 (b) Up to $660,000,000 shall be used for eligible
66 water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure investments, of
67 which:
68 (1) Up to $260,000,000 shall be used to support the
69 improvement and expansion of broadband network access to the
70 citizens of Alabama consistent with the Alabama Connectivity
71 Plan as approved by the Alabama Digital Expansion Authority or
72 as otherwise approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
73 members of the Alabama Digital Expansion Authority, and for
74 the modernization of cybersecurity and new broadband
75 infrastructure for existing and new state agencies and
76 entities. These funds may be delegated through memorandum of
77 agreement to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community
78 Affairs' Alabama Digital Expansion Division and the Office of
79 Information Technology. The Alabama Digital Expansion
80 Authority, in collaboration with the Alabama Department of
81 Economic and Community Affairs' Alabama Digital Expansion
82 Division and the Office of Information Technology, shall
83 submit bi-annual reports to the Governor and the Legislature
84 describing the status of the projects undertaken with funds
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