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2008 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Landes
FAMIS MOMS Eligibility

Item 305 #2h

Item 305 #2h

First Year - FY2009 Second Year - FY2010
Health And Human Resources
Medical Assistance Services, Department of FY2009 ($1,000,451) FY2010 ($1,571,514) GF
FY2009 ($1,857,981) FY2010 ($2,918,526) NGF

Language
Page 275, line 1, strike "$120,391,501" and insert "$117,533,069".
Page 275, line 1, strike "$135,096,808" and insert "$130,606,768".
Page 275, line 39, strike "200" and insert "185".


Explanation
(This amendment reduces general fund amounts contained in the introduced budget in each year for an expansion of the FAMIS MOMS program, which provides medical coverage to low-income pregnant women who meet the financial eligibility requirements. The introduced budget proposes expanding eligibility from 185 to 200 percent of the federal poverty level beginning July 1, 2008. This amendment would keep eligibility at 185 percent of the federal poverty level, consistent with actions by the 2007 General Assembly which increased eligibility beginning July 1, 2007, from 166 percent to 185 percent of the federal poverty level. This amendment defers expansion of this program, given current fiscal uncertainties.)