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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 39 – Millennium Income Fund, allocation

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 39

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HCR039.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
MILLENNIUM INCOME FUND - Stating findings of the Legislature and urging the
Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee to allocate moneys from the
Idaho Millennium Income Fund to be spent first on programs and purposes
consistent with a comprehensive tobacco prevention and control program
until such programs meet the minimum funding requirements recommended by
the Center for Disease Control, and thereafter at the discretion of the
Legislature.
                                                                        
01/16    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/17    Rpt prt - to St Aff
01/28    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/29    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
01/30    3rd rdg - PASSED - 49-17-4
      AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Bedke, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford,
      Callister, Campbell, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20), Hammond, Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck,
      Jaquet, Kunz, Lake, Loertscher, Mader, Martinez, McKague, Mortensen,
      Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Raybould, Roberts, Robison, Sali, Schaefer,
      Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smith(23), Smylie, Stevenson, Tilman,
      Trail, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Bruneel, Clark, Cuddy, Gagner,
      Gould, Hadley, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Langford, Meyer, Pomeroy,
      Ridinger
      Absent and excused -- Harwood, Montgomery, Stone, Wheeler
    Floor Sponsor - Ellis
    Title apvd - to Senate
01/31    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Fin

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 39
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND URGING THE JOINT FINANCE AND APPROPRI-
  3        ATIONS COMMITTEE TO ALLOCATE MONEYS FROM THE IDAHO MILLENNIUM INCOME  FUND
  4        TO BE SPENT FIRST ON PROGRAMS AND PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE
  5        TOBACCO  PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM UNTIL SUCH PROGRAMS MEET THE MINI-
  6        MUM FUNDING REQUIREMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE CENTER  FOR  DISEASE  CONTROL,
  7        AND THEREAFTER AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        WHEREAS,  the  Idaho  Millennium Fund was created in the state treasury by
 10    Section 67-1801, Idaho Code, to consist of all moneys distributed to the state
 11    pursuant to the Master Settlement Agreement entered into between tobacco prod-
 12    uct manufacturers and various states, including Idaho; and
 13        WHEREAS, the Idaho Millennium  Income  Fund  was  established  in  Section
 14    67-1802,  Idaho  Code,  to  consist of distributions from the Idaho Millennium
 15    Fund and such moneys that may be provided by legislative appropriations; and
 16        WHEREAS, the tax and Medicaid burden of tobacco  usage  in  Idaho  on  the
 17    state of Idaho and on its citizens exceeds 200 million dollars annually; and
 18        WHEREAS, the Joint Millennium Legislative Committee meeting on November 14
 19    and  15,  2001,  reviewed  valuable  information presented by the Coalition of
 20    Healthy Idaho (CHI) as to the best practices recommended  by  the  Center  for
 21    Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for establishing and funding a comprehen-
 22    sive tobacco prevention and control program; and
 23        WHEREAS,  the  nine  components  of a comprehensive tobacco prevention and
 24    control program recommended by CHI and the CDC are: (1) community programs  to
 25    reduce  tobacco consumption; (2) chronic tobacco-related disease programs; (3)
 26    school programs; (4) enforcement; (5) statewide programs; (6)  cessation  pro-
 27    grams;  (7) counter marketing; (8) surveillance and evaluation; and (9) admin-
 28    istrative and management.
 29        WHEREAS, CHI and the CDC recommend that the state of Idaho spend not  less
 30    than  11.2  million dollars but not more than 24 million dollars annually on a
 31    comprehensive tobacco prevention and control program.
 32        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 33    sion  of  the  Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
 34    the Senate concurring therein, that the Joint Finance and Appropriations  Com-
 35    mittee  of  the  House  and Senate restrict and allocate moneys from the Idaho
 36    Millennium Income Fund to support only those programs, proposals or activities
 37    which qualify under one of the nine components of a comprehensive tobacco pre-
 38    vention and control program, until such time as the minimum CDC funding recom-
 39    mendations are met.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 11574

This resolution recommendS that the Millennium Income Fund monies
first be allocated to programs that are part of a comprehensive
tobacco prevention and control pogram, before they are allocated
to other programs.  The nine components and costs of a 
comprehensive tobacco prevention and control program for Idaho 
have been established by the National Center for Disease Control.
                         
                          FISCAL IMPACT

This resolution will not directly affect then general fund.  

Note:  $154 million is spent each year in Idaho on annual health care
directly related to tobacco use - $25 million in medicaid payments 
alone. 

CONTACT
Name:  Rep. Kris Ellis
       Rep. Debbie Field
       Rep. Bev Montgomery
       Rep. Tom Loertscher
       Rep. Julie Ellsworth
       Margaret Henbest

Phone:  208/332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                   HCR 39