SB 1120 Summary

• Requires the Department of Human Services to budget all appropriated funds in 11 specified categories with required total amounts for fiscal year 2014, ranging from $8 million for Developmental Disabilities and ADvantage Rates to $960 million for SNAP Benefits.

• Mandates outcome-based performance measures be developed for each budget category.

• Allocates $57 million for Phase One and Two of the Pinnacle Plan, $8 million for rate increases in home and community-based services (with at least 70% directed to direct care staff wages and benefits), $1 million for developmental disabilities services, and $2 million for legal expenses related to the D.G. v. Yarbrough lawsuit.

• Transfers $2.8 million to the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Account and directs the Department to fully fund Developmental Disabilities Services Division and Aging Services Division programs in FY-2014 without cutting services or provider rates compared to FY-2013.

• Permits interyear transfers of appropriated funds between fiscal years 2013 and 2014, with specified lapse dates of November 15, 2014 and 2015; becomes effective July 1, 2013 with emergency declared.