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        ( Without Reference to File  )

        CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
        AB 1485 (Budget Committee)
        As Amended  June 13, 2012
        Majority vote.  Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect Immediately
         
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        |ASSEMBLY:  |     |(March 22,      |SENATE: |24-14|(June 15,      |
        |           |     |2012)           |        |     |2012)          |
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                  (vote not relevant)           
         
         Original Committee Reference:    BUDGET  

         SUMMARY  :  This supplemental appropriations bill (deficiency bill) 
        appropriates $1.1 billion from the General Fund (GF) to the State 
        Controller for allocation to the Department of Health Care Services 
        ($759.6 million), the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 
        ($295.4 million), the Department of Mental Health ($41.8 million), 
        and to local governments for homicide trial reimbursement 
        ($125,436). 

         The Senate amendments  delete the Assembly version of this bill, and 
        instead: 

        1)Allocate $759.6 million to the Department of Health Care Services, 
          largely due to court rulings preventing the implementation of 
          Medi-Cal provider payment reductions and a rejection by the 
          federal government of a proposal to implement various co-payments 
          for Medi-Cal beneficiaries.

        2)Allocate $295.4 million to the Department of Corrections and 
          Rehabilitation, largely due to medical staffing and specialty 
          health care costs, pharmaceutical expenses and cost overruns 
          related to the guarding and transportation of inmates traveling to 
          and from health care appointments. 

        3)Allocate $41.8 million to the Department of Mental Health, largely 
          due to state hospital costs related to court-driven treatment and 
          documentation requirements to comply with the Civil Rights for 
          Institutionalized Persons Act and increases in pharmaceutical and 
          outside medical care expenses.

        4)Allocate $125,436 for local government reimbursement for homicide 
          trials.  Lassen County received $118,928; Mariposa County received 








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          $6,508.

        5)Add an appropriation allowing this bill to take effect immediately 
          upon enactment.

         AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill expressed the intent of the 
        Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 
        2012.

         FISCAL EFFECT  :  Appropriates $1.1 billion (GF) to the State 
        Controller for allocation to specified departments and budget items 
        for unanticipated expenses.  This appropriation is factored into the 
        current May Revision budget figures.  

         COMMENTS  :  This bill contains funding necessary to address 
        deficiencies in the 2011 Budget Act.  These funds have already been 
        spent.  The proposed funding in this measure has been approved by 
        the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget 
        Committee.

         Analysis Prepared by  :    Mark Martin / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099FN: 
        0004092