HB 79 Summary

• Appropriates $6,821,700 in supplemental operating expenditures to the Department of Health for fiscal year 2023, with $3,088,700 from general funds and $3,733,000 from federal receipts, allocated between Public Assistance Field Services and Medicaid Services.

• Appropriates $2,285,200 from the general fund to the Department of Administration's Office of Public Advocacy to implement chapter 44, SLA 2022 for fiscal year 2023.

• Appropriates $825,000 from the general fund to the Office of Public Advocacy to address case backlogs for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

• Appropriates $833,800 from the general fund to the Department of Administration's Public Defender Agency to implement chapter 44, SLA 2022 for fiscal year 2023, and an additional $750,000 for case backlogs in fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

• Authorizes appropriations from the Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund of up to $115,000,000 if unrestricted state revenue is insufficient to cover general fund appropriations for fiscal year 2023, with the Act taking effect immediately.