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H0326.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - ATTORNEY GENERAL - Appropriates an additional $784,600 to
the Office of the Attorney General for the State and Legal Services Program
for fiscal year 2008; authorizes an additional 6 full-time equivalent
positions; reduces the appropriation to the Department of Health and
Welfare for Medical Assistance Services by $219,400 for fiscal year 2008;
appropriates an additional $145,100 to the Office of the Attorney General
for the State and Legal Services Program for fiscal year 2007; authorizes
an additional 2 full-time equivalent positions; and reappropriates certain
unexpended and unencumbered moneys.
03/19 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/20 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/21 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
Rls susp - PASSED - 68-1-1
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew,
Clark, Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart,
Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake,
LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring,
Ringo, Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass,
Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr.
Speaker
NAYS -- Harwood
Absent and excused -- Moyle
Floor Sponsor - Bayer
Title apvd - to Senate
03/22 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Fin
03/23 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/26 Rls susp - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword,
Burkett(Cronin), Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher,
Gannon, Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk(Douglas)
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Geddes
Floor Sponsor - Richardson
Title apvd - to House
03/26 To enrol
03/27 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/28 Pres signed - To Governor
04/02 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 345
Effective: 04/02/07 Sections 4, 5 & 6;
07/01/07 All others
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 326
BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL MONEYS TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR FIS-
3 CAL YEAR 2008; INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT
4 POSITIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008;
5 REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR
6 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008; APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL
7 MONEYS TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007;
8 INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS FOR THE
9 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007; REAPPROPRIATING CER-
10 TAIN UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED FUND BALANCES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
11 FOR SECTIONS 4, 5 AND 6 OF THIS ACT.
12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
13 SECTION 1. In addition to any other appropriation provided by law, there
14 is hereby appropriated to the Office of the Attorney General for the State and
15 Legal Services Program the following amounts to be expended according to the
16 designated expense classes from the listed funds for the period July 1, 2007,
17 through June 30, 2008:
18 FOR FOR FOR
19 PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL
20 COSTS EXPENDITURES OUTLAY TOTAL
21 FROM:
22 General Fund $186,500 $ 27,800 $ 5,100 $219,400
23 Federal Grant
24 Fund 416,300 103,000 45,800 565,100
25 TOTAL $602,800 $130,800 $50,900 $784,500
26 SECTION 2. In addition to any other authorization provided by law, the
27 Office of the Attorney General is hereby authorized six (6) full-time equiva-
28 lent positions for the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008.
29 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
30 the appropriation of moneys made in Section 1, House Bill No. 322, as enacted
31 by the First Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, to the
32 Department of Health and Welfare for Medical Assistance Services is hereby
33 reduced by the following amounts from the designated programs according to
34 the designated expense class from the listed fund for the period July 1, 2007,
35 through June 30, 2008:
36 II. DUAL ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS:
37 FOR:
38 Trustee and Benefit Payments $ 36,200
39 FROM:
40 General Fund $ 36,200
2
1 III. INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES:
2 FOR:
3 Trustee and Benefit Payments $ 99,200
4 FROM:
5 General Fund $ 99,200
6 IV. LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND WORKING-AGE ADULTS:
7 FOR:
8 Trustee and Benefit Payments $ 84,000
9 FROM:
10 General Fund $ 84,000
11 GRAND
12 TOTAL $219,400
13 SECTION 4. In addition to the appropriation made in Section 1, Chapter
14 295, Laws of 2006, there is hereby appropriated to the Office of the Attorney
15 General the following amounts to be expended according to the designated
16 expense classes from the listed funds for the period July 1, 2006, through
17 June 30, 2007:
18 FOR FOR
19 PERSONNEL CAPITAL
20 COSTS OUTLAY TOTAL
21 FROM:
22 General Fund $35,100 $ 60,000 $ 95,100
23 Permanent Building
24 Fund 50,000 50,000
25 TOTAL $35,100 $110,000 $145,100
26 SECTION 5. In addition to the authorization made in Section 2, Chapter
27 295, Laws of 2006, there is hereby authorized to the Office of the Attorney
28 General two (2) full-time equivalent positions for the period July 1, 2006,
29 through June 30, 2007.
30 SECTION 6. There is hereby reappropriated to the Office of the Attorney
31 General for the State and Legal Services Program the unexpended and unencum-
32 bered balance of moneys as appropriated in Section 4 of this act for the State
33 and Legal Services Program to be used for the period July 1, 2007, through
34 June 30, 2008.
35 SECTION 7. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
36 declared to exist, Sections 4, 5 and 6 of this act shall be in full force and
37 effect on and after passage and approval.
| Statement of Purpose |
| RS17190 |
This bill provides funding to implement the provisions of House Bill 166 for an independent Medicaid Fraud Unit in the Office of the Attorney General. This unit will be comprised of two attorneys, two investigators, two auditors, one paralegal, and one legal secretary. This function will receive a 90% federal match for the first three years after certification, and then will receive a 75% match in subsequent years.
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| Fiscal Note |
The fiscal impact to the General Fund for FY 2008 is zero because funding necessary to support this unit is being transferred from the Medicaid appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General. This is the same funding mechanism that the Department of Health and Welfare proposed to fund an expanded unit within the Department of Health & Welfare. Additional funds are provided in a supplemental to the Office of the Attorney General, of which $60,000 is from the General Fund for additional phone capacity, and $50,000 from the Permanent Building Fund to prepare sufficient office space in the Capitol Mall for the expansion of staff. In subsequent years the impact to the General Fund will be approximately $73,000.
Contact: Dick Burns 334-4742
Legislative Services Office, Budget & Policy Analysis
| Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note | Bill No. H326 |