Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-597-R1

Redraft EHS 597

Creating Home Care Access for the Near Poor

Ms. L'Italien, Ms. Forry, Messrs. Humason, Lewis, Eldridge, Joyce and Montigny, Ms. O'Connor Ives, Ms. Gobi and Mr. Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 9110-1630, <w:p><w:r><w:t xml:space="preserve">by inserting after the words “provided to the elderly;” the following words:- “provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs shall manage the funds allocated between items 9110-1630, 9110-1633, and 9110-1500 to provide home care services to certain persons who are eligible for the home care program whose annual income exceeds by fifteen percent or less the current income eligibility limit based on regulations promulgated by the secretary. The secretary shall report to the house and senate committee on ways and means no later than February 1, 2018 on the caseload and expenditures made from this fund."