995144                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  AHS              9


Senator(s) Flores moved the following amendment:

Section: 03              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 089             Provides $1,500,000 in nonrecurring general revenue 
                         funds for select provider rate increases for the 
Spec App:  421           Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waiver in 
                         the Agency for Persons with Disabilities and reduces 
                         nonrecurring general revenue funds by the same 
                         amount from the Expenses category in the Department 
                         of Health.

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

        HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF
        Program: Executive Direction And Support
        Administrative Support  64100200

        In Section 03  On Page 089
421     Expenses  040000  IOEA

   1000   General Revenue Fund                     2,235,516        735,516
       CA -1,500,000  FSI1NR -1,500,000  

DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 421:

From   the   funds   in   Specific   Appropriation  421,  $1,500,000  in
nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund and $2,127,735 from the
Administrative  Trust  Fund are provided to upgrade the bandwidth at the
lowest performing sites within the department. Any remaining funds shall
be  used  to upgrade the bandwidth at sites with the most occurrences of
excessive latency in the previous fiscal year.

AND INSERT:

From   the   funds   in   Specific   Appropriation  421,  $2,127,735 
from the Administrative  Trust  Fund is provided to upgrade the 
bandwidth at the lowest performing sites within the department.

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        AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
        Program: Services To Persons With 
        Disabilities
        Home And Community Services  67100100

        In Section 03  On Page 061
241     Special Categories  101555
        Home And Community Based Services Waiver  IOEE

   1000   General Revenue Fund                   428,103,838    429,603,838
       CA 1,500,000  FSI2NR 1,500,000  

Following Specific Appropriation 241, INSERT:

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 241, $724,358 in nonrecurirng 
funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided as the state match for a 
uniform provider rate increase for Residential Habilitation providers at 
the Basic, Minimal, and Moderate service levels.

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 241, $145,271 in nonrecurirng 
funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided as the state match for a 
provider rate increase for Residential Habilitation Behavioral Focus 
providers.

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 241, $457,952 in nonrecurirng 
funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided as the state match for a 
provider rate increase for Personal Supports providers.

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 241, $158,928 in nonrecurirng 
funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided as the state match for a 
provider rate increase for Adult Day Training providers.

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 241, $13,491 in nonrecurirng 
funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided as the state match for a 
provider rate increase for Supported Employment providers.















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