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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1485
Author: Assembly Budget Committee
Amended: 6/13/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE : 11-0, 6/14/12
AYES: Leno, Alquist, DeSaulnier, Evans, Hancock, Liu,
Lowenthal,
Negrete McLeod, Simitian, Wolk, Wright
NO VOTE RECORDED: Emmerson, Anderson, Fuller, Gaines, La
Malfa
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2011: augmentation
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill appropriates $1.1 billion General Fund
to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ($295.4
million), Department of Mental Health ($41.8 million),
Department of Health Care Services ($759.6 million), and
Mariposa and Lassen counties ($125,436).
ANALYSIS : The Budget Act of 2011 appropriated specific
amounts from the General Fund for the support of state
government. This bill contains funding necessary to
address deficiencies in the 2011 Budget Act. The proposed
funding in this measure has been approved by the Department
of Finance (DOF) and reviewed by the Joint Legislative
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Budget Committee (JLBC).
This bill includes the following provisions:
1.Appropriates $295.4 million General Fund to augment the
2011 Budget Act for the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation (CDCR) to address a shortfall in the
Receiver's Medical Services Program. Included in this
amount is:
A. $163.2 million to address the Receiver's inability
to realize the savings associated with a 10 percent
unallocated budget reduction included in the 2011
Budget Act;
B. $86 million to address a structural deficiency in
the pharmaceutical budget; and
C. $46.2 million to address increased custody costs
related to the transportation of prisoners to and from
medical appointments and supervision while at medical
appointments.
1.Appropriates $41.8 million General Fund to augment the
2011 Budget Act for the Department of Mental Health (DMH)
associated with increased operating costs. Included in
the amount is:
A. $147.5 million associated with patient-related
activities (such as enhanced observation of patients
and admission assessments) and costs associated with
the redirection of staff toward Civil Rights for
Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA)-related
activities. DMH and the United States Department of
Justice entered into a Consent Judgment in 2006
requiring state hospitals to implement numerous
corrective actions for CRIPA violations;
B. $13.9 million to address costs associated with
increased patient caseload related to the Coleman
lawsuit settlement which required improved mental
health services to CDCR prisoners; and
C. $119.6 million in additional savings associated
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with a decrease in the projected state hospital
caseload, implementation of the state hospitals
savings plan, and increased reimbursements.
1.Appropriates $759.6 million General Fund to augment the
2011 Budget Act for the Department of Health Care
Services (DHCS) for costs primarily associated with
unrealized savings anticipated by the 2011 Budget Act.
These include:
A. $346.8 million to address costs associated with a
court injunction barring the implementation of
provider rate reductions;
B. $511.1 million to address costs associated with the
failure to obtain federal approval to implement
copayments in the Medi-Cal program; and
C. $98.3 million in various adjustments within the
Medi-Cal local assistance budget that result in a net
savings.
1.Appropriates $125,436 General Fund to counties requesting
reimbursement of qualified homicide trial costs. These
claims have been approved by the State Controller.
Included in this amount is:
A. $6,508 to Mariposa County for the case of "People
v. Cary Stayner;" and
B. $118,928 to Lassen County for the cases of "People
v. Joanna Lynne McElrath" and "People v. Robin Glenn
James."
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee,
appropriates $1.1 billion General Fund in the current year.
This appropriation is assumed in the proposed 2012 Budget
Act. Any unencumbered funds will revert to the General
Fund.
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DLW:nl 6/14/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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