House of Representatives

SB 1060

finances; technical correction

Sponsor: Senator Solomon

 

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Committee on Appropriations

 

Caucus and COW

 

Third Read

 

 

As Passed the House

 

 

SB 1060 makes a technical correction to the statutes regulating public finances.

 

A strike-everything amendment will be offered in the Appropriations Committee with the following provisions:

 

The strike everything amendment to SB 1060 addresses FY 2002 funding for State Emergency Services (SES), acute care programs and the Department of Corrections.  Additionally, it modifies statute to reduce state general fund (GF) expenditures.

 

History

The FY 2001-2002 GF budget, as enacted during the Forty-fifth Legislature, Third Special Session relies on the Budget Stabilization Fund (BSF) as a contingency source, should revenues  fall below provided estimates.  Prior to the end of the Third Special Session, new areas of shortfall have been identified.  This trailer bill addresses these additional concerns.

 

Provisions

School Facilities Board (SFB)

·          States that for projects approved after December 31, 2001, unified school districts that do not have a high school are not eligible to receive high school space unless the school district qualifies for the geographic factors exemption in calculating minimum square footage requirements.

 

Department of Corrections (DOC)

·          Appropriates an additional $4 million from the Corrections Fund to the DOC for health care related costs.  Additionally, reduces the lump sum reduction to the DOC budget by $600,000.

·          Allows prisoners to include the time they served in county jails towards their earned released credit total.  Earned released credit is calculated at one day for every six days served.

·          Stipulates that, pursuant to rules adopted by the director of the DOC, each prisoner shall be placed in parole class one beginning on their sentence begin date. 

 

Department of Juvenile Corrections (DJC)

·          Delays the building of the DJC medical unit.  This is a $600,000 savings to the Corrections Fund.

 

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

·          Allocates an additional $3.5 million for FY 2002 in county acute care contributions for hospitalization and medical care to AHCCCS.  These monies were originally collected in FY 2002 pursuant to Laws 2001, Chapter 344 (Proposition 204 implementation bill) from the counties to fund the Disproportionate Uncompensated Care pool (DUC), which would have been distributed to private hospitals.

·          The $3.5 M collected from the counties would no longer be used for the DUC pool; instead being used in the Acute Care program for the provision of hospitalization and medical care.  This results in a $3.5 million GF reduction in AHCCCS’ Acute Care program.

·          Due to savings in AHCCCS’ Federal Emergency Services (FES) program, the Fee-For-Service (FFS) line item in Acute Care is reduced by $1.1 million in GF dollars and $2.1 million in federal dollars.

·          The $1.1 million in FES GF savings is appropriated to the SES program to pay for doctor and clinic provider claims for SES enrollees.  These monies will not be used for inpatient or outpatient hospital reimbursement.

 

Makes technical and conforming changes.

 

Contains an Emergency Clause.

 

 

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45th Legislature                       

Second Regular Session            2          April 12, 2002

 

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