SB111 Summary

• Establishes maximum of 327 regular employees and 7 temporary/part-time employees for the Department of Human Services - Division of Medical Services for fiscal year 2014-2015

• Appropriates $26,955,488 for operations including regular salaries ($16,445,333), personal services matching ($5,528,850), and maintenance and general operations ($3,975,313)

• Appropriates $6,570,667,229 for grant programs including hospital and medical services ($5,066,397,953), prescription drugs ($385,783,553), private nursing home care ($716,865,047), and ARKIDS B program ($148,436,682)

• Appropriates $50,000 for nursing home closure costs, $100,000 for long-term care facility receivership expenses, and $1,500,000 for nursing home quality grants from the Long-Term Care Trust Fund

• Includes special provisions regarding Medicaid rate methodologies, pharmaceutical dispensing fees, personal care services, Child and Family Life Institute administration, and restrictions on Health Care Independence Program promotion activities