HR115 - Special Order Calendar

• Establishes the special and paramount order of business for the fourteenth legislative day of the 2023 regular session, taking precedence over regular order or pending business.

• Schedules consideration of three major appropriations bills: FY24 State General Fund (HB124), FY23 General Fund Supplemental (HB125), and various agency-specific appropriation bills including Medicaid, domestic violence prevention, and children's services.

• Includes healthcare-related legislation covering Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing facilities (HB279), emergency reserve funding (HB126), medical examiner licensing (HB243), pharmacist prescription refills (HB314), and podiatry scope of practice (SB28).

• Addresses workforce and personnel matters including a 2% cost of living adjustment for state employees (HB154), circuit clerk salaries (SB23), employee retirement system provisions (SB92), and law enforcement training reimbursement periods (HB87).

• Covers diverse regulatory and operational topics including alarm business licensing (HB11), volunteer fire department equipment, motor vehicle registration, building codes, solid waste management, and alcoholic beverage donations for nonprofit events.