2006 Senate Bill 1083 ↩

Senate Roll Call 188: Passed

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 Department of Community Health budget. This appropriates $11.155 billion in adjusted gross spending, compared to $10.292 billion, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $6.088 billion is federal money, compared to the FY 2005-2006 amount of $5.533 billion, and $5.067 billion is from state tax and other revenues, compared to $4.759 billion enrolled the previous year. The gross spending is approximately $68 million less than the governor recommends. Among items added by the Senate is a proposal to require modest co-pays from some Medicaid recipients, and to create small medical savings accounts for recipients who make healthy lifestyle choices. The Senate did not change an increased hospital tax recommended by the governor.