2002 Senate Bill 1101 ↩

Senate Roll Call 305: Passed

The Senate version of the FY 2002-2003 Department of Community Health budget. This appropriates $9.402 billion in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $8.596 billion, which was the FY 2001-2002 amount enacted in 2001, excluding any supplemental appropriations or budget-balancing cuts. Of this, $2.563 billion will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the current year’s $2.653 billion. This budget includes a $370 million base increase for Medicaid, Mental Health/Substance Abuse, Adult Home Help, and Children’s Special Health Care Services. The Senate version adds $161 million to a proposed $247 million withdrawal from a state Medicaid Trust Fund, leaving $110 million in the fund.