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| SPONSOR: | Salazar | DATE TYPED: | 1/27/00 | HB | 133 | ||
| SHORT TITLE: | Senior Citizen Programs Statewide | SB | |||||
| ANALYST: | Esquibel | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY00 | FY01 | FY00 | FY01 | ||
| $ 3,569.2 | Recurring | General Fund | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to HB2, SB2
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
State Agency on Aging
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
The bill appropriates $3,569,169 for a variety of senior citizen programs.
Significant Issues
The State Agency on Aging indicates the major emphasis of the programs in the bill is to provide additional in-home and community-based long-term care services that allow older individuals to remain in their homes and not be placed in an institutional setting. Placing people in institutions is more expensive and places a greater demand on Medicaid funds.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The bill appropriates $3,569,169 in general fund in FY01 to the State Agency on Aging.
The proposed funding in the bill was also requested by the agency in its FY01 budget request to both the Executive and LFC. The Executive's FY01 budget recommendation for the State Agency on Aging funds $289.7 for the expansion of the senior companion and foster grandparent volunteer programs. However, both SB2 and HB2 contain the LFC's FY01 budget recommendation which does not provide funding for expansion of the programs proposed in House Bill 133.
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