BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Senator Mark Leno, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 1599 Hearing Date: June 13,
2016
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|Author: |Committee on Budget |
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|Version: |June 13, 2016 As amended |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Peggy Collins |
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Subject: Budget Act of 2015: Augmentation
Summary: Assembly Bill 1599 augments the Budget Act of 2015 to address
various funding shortfalls.
Background:
Department of Health Care Services . Existing law establishes
the Quality Assurance Fee Program to levy a fee on skilled
nursing and designated intermediate care facilities. Fee revenue
is used to support quality improvement efforts, provide rate
increases, and offset General Fund expenditures for these
facilities.
Correctional Health Care Services (CHCS) . In 2005, in response
to a federal class-action lawsuit, a federal court established a
receivership to oversee prison health care in California
correctional facilities. The receiver is tasked with restoring
medical care in state prisons to a standard which is no longer
in violation of the United States Constitution. Once
restoration is achieved, on a facility-by-facility basis,
responsibility is delegated back to the California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Homicide Trials . Under existing law, qualifying counties may
seek reimbursements from the State Controller for extraordinary
expenses associated with homicide trials.
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Proposed
Law: This bill makes supplemental appropriations to the Budget Act
of 2015 in order to address the following General Fund and
spending authority shortfalls:
Department of Health Care Services . Increases spending authority
by $40.3 million (Long-Term Care Quality Assurance Fund) due to
unanticipated increased revenues from the Intermediate Care
Facility for the Developmentally Disabled fee.
Correctional Health Care Services . Provides $5 million (General
Fund) for contracted janitorial services; $33.3 million (General
Fund) for increased medication costs and costs associated with
pharmacy inventory and packaging costs related to the
implementation of the electronic health record system; and $1.8
million (General Fund) for increased staff due to a
higher-than-projected inmate population for which CHCS is
responsible.
Homicide Trials . Provides $7,580 (General Fund) to Mariposa
County for costs associated with the case of People v. Cary
Stayner.
Fiscal
Effect: Augments the Budget Act of 2015 by $40,075,580 General Fund
and $40,336,000 Special Funds.
Support: None on file.
Opposed: None on file.
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