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Budget Amendments - HB1400 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Hope
Fund HB 1504 -Justice for Victims of Sterilization Act

Item 340 #1h

Item 340 #1h

First Year - FY2015 Second Year - FY2016
Health and Human Resources
Social Services, Department of FY2015 $5,000,000 FY2016 $0 GF

Language
Page 309, line 10, strike "$78,757,450" and insert "$83,757,450".


Explanation
(This amendment provides $5.0 million the first year from the general fund for the fiscal impact of House Bill 1504, Justice for Victims of Sterilization Act. The bill provides for compensation to persons involuntarily sterilized between 1924 and 1979. Pursuant to the provisions in the bill, claims payments are $50,000 per claim. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2019.)