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House Bill 59
Biennial Budget Highlights
FY 2014 & 2015
Legislative Successes
All major priorities achieved!
Employment First ✓Waiver Rate Increase ✓
Board member Term Limit Waiver ✓Preschool Funding ✓ICF Grand Bargain ✓
Employment First
Executive -- New Language and + $2M.
House Amendment + $4M.
Survived Administration Opposition.
Survived Senate Scrutiny.
$6M signed into law on June 30th.
Waiver Rate Increase
Executive = $0.
House Amendment + $4M.
Dicey Senate prospects...
...Senate Amendment + $2M more.
$6M signed into law June 30th.
$16.2 M in GRF & FFP over 2 years
Waiver rate increase FY 14- $2 million in GRF=$5.4 total Short term plan is to increase rates for:
Transportation from .40 to.45 per mile
On Site/On call from $10.33 to $10.81 and for independents $7.22 to $7.61
WHY? Limited dollars, 6 months to distribute, easy for CMS to approve!
Waiver Rate Increase FY 15- At least $4 million, possible $6=
$10.8 million available to increase agency HPC rates.
Workgroup being scheduled to meet every other week to develop rate methodology including quality performance measures and tracking mechanism for dollars spent.
Board Term Extension
House Amendment secured.
Senate concurs.
Appointing Authority makes request
DODD Director decides eligibility
Waiver grants 1 extra 4 year term.
ICF-IID
Executive Proposal untenable.
“Grand Bargain” Struck
DODD difficulty in House
Increased Advocacy in Senate.
Senate Amendments secured.
Grand Bargain signed into law.
CBDD Preschool Funding
Executive: Per-Pupil Model & LEA Pass Through.
House Amendments: Simple Fund Flow & Guarantee.
Senate Struck Guarantee
House Concurred in Conference.
Funding Flow provision signed into law.
CBDD Preschool Funding
New per pupil funding
1,000 + unfunded units now funded.
$4,000 +
[ (State index X special education category) / 0.5 ]
Special Education Funding
OCECD’s 2006 Report Model
Special Education Enhancements Line 16%.
Base Amount 2.6% by FY 15.
Categorical amounts .
PERS Member Determination
Eliminated Public Employers Notice Reqs
PERS to Send Notice to 8 newspapers.
Public Employer Contract Disclaimer
5 year statute of limitation on member determination.
Medicaid Expansion
Most conservative R Caucus in 20+ years.
New stand alone bills
Batchelder assurances
Dems decry stall tactics.
Governor urges patience
Referendum threat
Homestead & Rollback
Last minute provisions rolled out.
Limited public input.
No rollback for:
New replacement & new levies after August.
No Homestead for:
Elderly & disabled with more than $30k income.
Miscellaneous
No change to TPPT allocations.
CAT base expanded.
Income Tax cut 10% in 3 years
…Structural Deficit?
Sales Tax base & rate .
RSC changes name (OODA).
Questions
Contact Dustin McKee
OACB Office: 614-431-0616
Cell Phone: 740-818-8729