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

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OACB Office: 614-431-0616

Cell Phone: 740-818-8729