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S1258............................................................by FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - VETERANS SERVICES - Appropriates an additional $575,000 to
the Division of Veterans Services within the Department of Self-Governing
Agencies for fiscal year 2001.
03/16 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/19 Rpt prt - to Fin
Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/20 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/21 3rd rdg - PASSED - 30-0-5
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw,
Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Goedde,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lodge, Noh,
Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen, Stennett,
Thorne, Whitworth, Williams,
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Cameron, Davis, Lee, Stegner, Wheeler
Floor Sponsor -- Bunderson
Title apvd - to House
03/21 House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
03/22 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/26 3rd rdg - PASSED - 63-0-7
AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bolz,
Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Collins, Crow,
Cuddy, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20),
Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen, Harwood, Henbest(Farley),
Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Langford,
Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss,
Moyle, Pearce, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Tilman, Trail,
Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Deal, Lake, Meyer, Pischner, Stone, Wheeler,
Young
Floor Sponsor -- Gagner
Title apvd - to Senate
03/28 To enrol
Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/29 Sp signed - to Governor
04/02 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 295
Effective: 04/02/01
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1258
BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL MONEYS TO THE DIVISION OF VETERANS SERVICES WITHIN
3 THE DEPARTMENT OF SELF-GOVERNING AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001; AND
4 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. In addition to the appropriation made in Section 1, Chapter
7 411, Laws of 2000, there is hereby appropriated to the Division of Veterans
8 Services within the Department of Self-Governing Agencies the following
9 amounts to be expended from the listed funds for the period July 1, 2000,
10 through June 30, 2001:
11 FROM:
12 General Fund $444,000
13 Veterans Services Endowment Income Fund 131,000
14 TOTAL $575,000
15 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
16 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
17 passage and approval.
Statement of Purpose
RS11264
This bill is a supplemental appropriation to the Division of Veterans
Services within the Department of Self-Governing Agencies for fiscal
year 2001.
Fiscal Note
The supplemental appropriation includes $444,000 from the General
Fund, and $131,000 from the Veterans Services Endowment Income Fund
for a total of $575,000. This is to help cover a shortfall that
currently exists in this program.
Last year the Legislature opted to make the state's three veterans
homes Medicaid reimbursable facilities. At that time, all general
fund moneys used in support of Veterans Services were moved from
that Division to the Medicaid program to gain a 70% match from the
federal government. The numerical appropriation assumed that this
conversion would occur on July 1, 2000. It did not. The agency
instead elected to do a phased-in approach to this conversion. In
addition, the agency also elected to grandfather in existing clients
at these facilities, meaning that they did not have to apply for
Medicaid if they chose not to do so. To make matters worse, the
Pocatello and Boise homes have been operating under a provisional
license for failure to meet certain federal and state required health
standards. As part of their "Plan of Correction" to deal with these
deficiencies, Veterans Services was required to hire an outside
consultant at a cost of $174,000 to help resolve these deficiencies
and to help in the Medicaid certification process. All of these
events has resulted in a shortfall that this supplemental is meant
to resolve.
NOTE: As of February 27, 2001, the three facilities had a combined
census of 245. Of that number, only 43 individuals have been
qualified for Medicaid services with another 46 applications pending.
Contact: Dick Burns 334-4742
Legislative Services Office, Budget & Policy Analysis
Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note S 1258