995247
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  HHS             72SA


Senator(s): Latvala and McKay
moved the following SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT for 72 (995166):





Section: 03EXPLANATION:



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



conduct a study of the effectiveness and current



Spec App:  426           district alignment of Area Agencies on Aging.  The



department will report its findings by January 1, 2000.











NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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

        Delete existing proviso immediately preceding 
        Specific Appropriation 426 and add the following 
        proviso:

        From the funds in Specific Appropriation 426, 427
        and 428, the Department of Elder Affairs is directed
        to perform a study of the effectiveness of the Area
        Agencies on Aging current district alignment and
        the most efficient and effective geographic
        structure.  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.


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.







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