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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Jennings
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
01/24/07
HB
SHORT TITLE Increase Certain Health Care Payments
SB 123
ANALYST Weber
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$600.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
REVENUE (dollars in thousands)
Estimated Revenue
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
FY09
$1,487.7
$1,400.0 Recurring
Federal
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Human Services Department (HSD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 123 appropriates $600.0 from the general fund to the Human Services Depart-
ment to increase reimbursement to physicians and certified nurse midwives for deliveries and
C-sections performed under the Medicaid Program to assure access to these services and to
offset the cost of professional malpractice insurance
.