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2020 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB5005 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Sickles
Restore Funding for FAMIS MOMS' Postpartum Coverage to 12 months

Item 482.20 #18h

Item 482.20 #18h

First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022
Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations FY2021 $1,114,936 FY2022 $2,116,376 GF

Language
Page 205, line 1, strike "($754,015,992)" and insert "($752,901,056)".
Page 205, line 1, strike "($1,335,540,477)" and insert "($1,333,424,101)".

Page 215, strike lines 22 and 23.



Explanation

(This amendment restores $1.1 million the first year and $2.1 million the second year from the general fund to extend postpartum coverage for women in the FAMIS program from two months to 12 months. Women with income from 143 to 205 percent of the federal poverty level are currently eligible for coverage in the FAMIS program during pregnancy through 60 days postpartum. FAMIS is funded through the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program with a 35 percent state match. These funds were included in the budget passed in March, but subsequently unallotted in April due to the pandemic and eliminated in the introduced budget.)