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2020 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - SB5015 (Floor Approved)

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Restore Funding for FAMIS MOMS' Postpartum Coverage to 12 months

Item 482.20 #11s

Item 482.20 #11s

First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022
Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations FY2021 $557,468 FY2022 $2,116,376 GF

Language
Page 205, line 1, strike "($754,015,992)" and insert "($753,458,524)".
Page 205, line 1, strike "($1,335,540,477)" and insert "($1,333,424,101)".

Page 205, line 9, strike "$754,015,992" and insert "$753,458,524".

Page 205, line 9, strike "$1,335,540,477" and insert "1,333,424,101".

Page 215, line 22, strike "($1,114,936)" and insert "($557,468)".

Page 215, line 22, strike "($2,116,376)" and insert "$0".

Page 216, line 8, strike "($79,572,610)" and insert "($79,015,142)".

Page 216, line 8, strike "($127,501,107)" and insert "($125,384,731)".



Explanation

(This amendment restores $557,468 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, effective January 1, 2021. Funding for this coverage extension was included in the 2020 Appropriation Act but subsequently unallotted in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and proposed to be eliminated in the introduced budget for the Special Session. 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 typical 35 percent state match.)