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2001 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1600 (Committee Approved)

Restore Funds-Auxiliary Grants

Item 388.1 #3h

Item 388.1 #3h

First Year - FY2001 Second Year - FY2002
Health And Human Resources
Social Services, Department of FY2001 $1,796,835 FY2002 $1,876,224 GF

Language
Page 364, line 6, strike "($2,113,743)" and insert "($316,908)".
Page 364, line 6, strike "($2,641,221)" and insert "($764,997)".
Page 364, after line 11, insert:
"General funds in the amount of $1,796,835 the first year and $1,876,224 the second year are provided for the Auxiliary Grants program to eliminate proposed reductions included in House Bill 1600 of the 2001 Session, as introduced.  Funding for the Auxiliary Grants program shall not be reduced below the level provided in Chapter 1073 of the 2000 Acts of Assembly plus federal cost-of-living increases in Supplemental Security Income and Social Security payments effective January 1, 2001, and January 1, 2002."


Explanation
(This amendment restores funding to increase auxiliary grant payments to adult care residences from $815 to $830 per month effective January 1, 2001, and from $830 to $845 per month effective January 1, 2002, to account for cost-of-living increases in federal Supplemental Security Income or Social Security payments. This funding was reduced in the introduced budget.)