Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-574-R1

Redraft EHS 574

Fair Hearing Office Staff

Messrs. Rodrigues and Rosenberg and Ms. Creem and Ms. Jehlen and Mr. Eldridge moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4800-0015, by striking out, in line 35, the words “request that are pending” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-“requests that are pending and the number of fair hearing requests that are pending for more than 180 days”; and

in said section 2, in said item 4800-0015, by inserting after the words "quarter", in line 36, the following words:-  “; provided further, that not less than $152,000 shall be expended for additional staff to the fair hearing unit to assist the department in eliminating the department’s fair hearing backlog, defined for the purpose of this allocation only, which shall mean those cases pending for more than 180 days from the date of the hearing request"; and

in said section 2, in said item 4800-0015, by striking out the figure “$69,322,448” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:-  “$69,474,448”.