BILL ANALYSIS �
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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, |
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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:
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