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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #304 |
| Funding for the Transportation Disadvantaged Program |
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| Requester: |
Debbie Stivender |
Organization: |
Lake County Board of County Commissioners |
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| Project Title: |
Funding for the Transportation Disadvantaged Program |
Date Submitted |
1/3/2006 2:50:40 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Baker |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Currently the Commission for Transportation administers the Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation Program for ACHA to provide Medicaid Clients to Medicaid for compensable services. |
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| Recipient: |
Lake County Board of Commissioners |
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Contact: |
Kenneth Harley |
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315 West Main Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(352) 253-6116 |
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Tavares 32778 |
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Contact email: |
kharley@co.lake.fl.us |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| The agency for Health Care Administration reduced the funding available to the CTD this year for transportation services under the Medicaid Non-Emergency program and,as a result, local governments may be forced to bear the costs. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| To be able to provide an additional 9328 trips locally as well as 466,418 statewide to the transportation disadvantaged population. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,100,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$73,200,447 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2005-2006 |
Amount: |
$67,533,919 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$83,000,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Agency For Health Care Administration |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Yes |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Medicaid Policies and Procedures Manual. |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Lake County Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/13/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
