Senate Bill 1414 - Summary

• Appropriates $72,358,500 to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2021 (July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021) for Independent Councils, Indirect Support Services, and Licensing and Certification divisions.

• Authorizes full-time equivalent positions: 6.00 for Developmental Disabilities Council, 5.00 for Domestic Violence Council, 300.60 for Indirect Support Services, and 71.90 for Licensing and Certification.

• Restricts transfer of trustee and benefit payments funds to other expense classes during fiscal year 2021 and requires program services to be provided only to the extent of appropriated funding and available resources.

• Requires monthly Medicaid tracking reports comparing appropriations to actual and forecasted expenditures, with monthly updates on anticipated trustee and benefit expenditures for the following fiscal year.

• Mandates biannual reports from the Medicaid Program Integrity Unit on costs and collections (first report by January 15, 2021) and biannual reports from Licensing and Certification on facility licensing status and staffing workload issues (first report by December 31, 2020).