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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR B. Sanchez
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
01/27/08
HB
SHORT TITLE Developmental Disability Program Rate Equity
SB 308
ANALYST Geisler
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
$1,000.0
Recurring
General
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates HB 306
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Health (DOH)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 308 would appropriate $1 million dollars to Department of Health DOH to increase
rate equity between Developmental Disability (DD) Waiver Medicaid funded services and State
General Funded (SFG) services. Unexpended and unencumbered funds would revert to General
Fund at the end of Fiscal Year 2009.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation in SB 308 is not part of the executive budget request for DOH. DOH projects
they will spend about $6.7 million in FY08 for general fund direct services, which will serve
about 465 clients.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
SB 308 seeks to improve staff recruitment and retention, provide health insurance and salary
increases, comply with minimum wage laws and meet rising programmatic costs associated with
quality services for individuals served through the department of health’s state general fund