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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Howell
Reinvest Medicaid Savings for Community-based MH Services

Item 315 #5s

Item 315 #5s

First Year - FY2013 Second Year - FY2014
Health And Human Resources
Grants To Localities FY2013 $10,000,000 FY2014 $10,000,000 GF

Language
Page 243, line 40, strike "$346,271,560" and insert "$356,271,560".
Page 243, line 40, strike "$316,321,560" and insert "$326,321,560".
Page 245, after line 53, insert:
"U.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that any general fund Medicaid savings achieved from the expansion of care coordination for behavioral health services be reinvested to develop and expand community-based services for adults with behavioral health disorders.  Of this amount, 20 percent shall be dedicated to the provision of supportive services for chronically homeless individuals with mental illness."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $10.0 million GF each year from Medicaid savings that are assumed in the budget from the expansion of care coordination to people with behavioral health disorders. Twenty percent is set aside for chronically homeless individuals with mental illness.)