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995096                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  HHS              22


Senator(s): Hill
moved the following amendment:

Section: 03              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 054             Provides $25.7 million in general revenue and $36.8
                         million in trust to enable an increase in the nursing
Spec App:  231A          home staffing level to 2.9 hours of direct care per
                         resident per day.  This amendment uses general revenue
                         funds not currently appropriated in the General
                         Appropriations Act which will become available if the
                         2003 changes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code related
                         to bonus depreciation are not adopted for purposes of
                         the Florida corporate income tax this session. 

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -           62,558,000            25,711,338           36,846,662 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
_________________________________________________________________________________

                                                  Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
        Program: Health Care Services
        Medicaid Long Term Care  68501500

        In Section 03  On Page 054
231A    Special Categories  101650
        Long Term Care Services  IOEE

   1000   From General Revenue Fund            1,029,183,775  1,054,895,113
       CA 25,711,338  FSI2 25,711,338  
   2474   From Medical Care Trust Fund         1,514,575,798  1,551,422,460
       CA 36,846,662  FSI3 36,846,662  

Delete the following paragraph of proviso for Specific Appropriation 
231A located in the next to last paragraph on page 55.

Funds  in  Specific  Appropriation  231A are reduced by $25,711,338 from
the  General  Revenue  Fund  and $36,846,662 from the Medical Care Trust
Fund  due  to  the  reduction in nursing home staffing from 2.9 hours of
direct care per resident per day to 2.6 hours effective July 1, 2004.
Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.
995096 Log:0014 EDP/LFB 03/31/04 02:16:06 PM Senate Page: 1