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| SPONSOR: | Griego | DATE TYPED: | 2-26-99 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Tobacco Settlement Distributions | SB | 515 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Taylor | ||||||
| Subsequent
Years Impact |
Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||
| FY99 | FY2000 | |||
| $ 0.0 | $ (2,860.0) | $ (7,640.0) | Recurring | General Fund |
| $ 0.0 | $ 2,000.0 | $ 5,348.0 | Recurring | Rural Health Care |
| $ 0.0 | $ 860.0 | $ 2,292.0 | Recurring | Ed Technology |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to HB-501, HB-525 and SB-533
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
State Department of Education
Health Policy Commission
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 515 creates the rural health care fund and a rural set-aside account in the educational technology fund. Each year, beginning in FY 2000, it distributes 14 percent of tobacco settlement dollars accruing to the state to the rural health care fund and 6 percent to the rural set-aside account in the educational technology fund. Money in the rural health care fund must be used in rural areas (cities with a population less than 5000 and unincorporated areas of counties). Seventy percent of rural health fund money is made available to the Department of Health for primary care services and 30 percent for substance abuse programs. The educational technology dollars are restricted to rural school districts (school districts with less than six thousand students). The money is shared between these school districts based on their share of student enrollment.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The fiscal implications shown on the table assume that the state receives $14.3 million from the tobacco settlement in FY 1999 and $38.2 million in FY 2000. These are the payments that the state is currently scheduled to receive. However, there is a possibility that they may be delayed until litigation pending in some large states is completed or until June 30, 2000, whichever occurs first.
The losses shown to the general fund are hypothetical in the sense that absent legislation directing the money elsewhere, the dollars will flow to the general fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
The State Department of Education reported no administrative impact. The Department of Health did not provide a bill analysis.
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