995166
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  HHS              72


Senator(s): McKay
moved the following amendment:





Section: 03EXPLANATION:



On Page: 128             Specifies the Department of Elder Affairs shall conduct



a feasibility study to determine the benefit of



Spec App:  426           reducing the number of Area Agencies on Aging.  The



department will report its findings by January 1, 2000.











NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
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Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amounts   Positions & Amounts
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        ELDER AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF

        In Section 03  On Page 128
426     Salaries And Benefits

        Insert proviso immediately preceding Specific 
        Appropriation 426:

        From the funds in Specific Appropriation 426, 427
        and 428, the Department of Elder Affairs is directed
        to perform a feasibility study to determine the
        benefit of reducing the number of Area Agencies on
        Aging.  A final report shall be presented to the
        Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
        President of the Senate and the Office of the
        Governor no later than January 1, 2000.  The
        department may contract with an independent
        consultant, with no conflict of interest, to perform
        this study.


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within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.









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