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| SPONSOR: | Gorham | DATE TYPED: | 02/25/99 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Assist Developmentally Disabled Persons | SB | 689 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Burkhart | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY99 | FY2000 | FY99 | FY2000 | ||
| $ 11,210.0 | Recurring | GF | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to HB-2, SB-2, SB-24, SB-144, SB-197, SB-292, SB293, HB-76, HB-208, HB=337 and others
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 689 appropriates $11,210.0 from the general fund in FY99 and FY2000 to the Department of Health to assist persons with developmental disabilities in the following manner:
1. $8,870.0 to provide sufficient funding to move people off the waiting list for the developmentally disabled waiver program.
2. $1,200.0 to provide sufficient funding to move people off the waiting list for the disabled and elderly waiting list.
3. $431.0 to increase salaries for direct-care staff providing services to the DD population,
4. $250.0 to adjust rates in the D&E waiver program
5. $109.0 to pay for four new full time positions in the Department of Health.
6. $350.0 to provide support services for those going through the eligibility process.
Significant Issues
At the present time there is a need for more monies to pay for services in these two waiver programs for the people who are waiting for services but who must wait because there are no funds to accommodate their needs.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
Management of these monies is within the budgeted capacity of the department.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
Administration of this program is within the budgeted capacity of this department
TECHNICAL ISSUES
There are at least seven other bills attempting to provide funds for these needed waiver services
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