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Relates to Appropriation in The General Appropriation Act of $22 million for seniors' community services.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

State Agency on Aging (SAOA)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 636 appropriates $40.0 from the general fund to SAOA for salaries and transportation expenses for La Casa senior center in Clovis.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $40.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY02 shall revert to the general fund.

SAOA indicates the funding in the bill would support an employee at La Casa Senior Center to be responsible for transporting seniors who is currently funded with city funds that Clovis will no longer make available in FY02.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

SAOA asks that providers providing senior services go through their respective area agencies on aging when requesting funding. SAOA then reviews the requests for services that have been prioritized by the six area agencies on aging, and decides funding request priorities at the state level. The request contained in HB636 did not go through its area agency on aging nor SAOA.

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