Bill Text: IA SF2117 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to public funding and regulatory matters and making, reducing, transferring, and supplementing appropriations for expenditures in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3089.) Effective 3-28-18.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-29 - NOBA: Final [SF2117 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF2117-Introduced.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to public funding and regulatory matters and making, reducing, transferring, and supplementing appropriations for expenditures in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3089.) Effective 3-28-18.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-29 - NOBA: Final [SF2117 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF2117-Introduced.html
Senate File 2117 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3089) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to public funding and regulatory matters 2 and making, reducing, transferring, and supplementing 3 appropriations for expenditures in the fiscal year beginning 4 July 1, 2017, and including effective date provisions. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6134SV (3) 87 tm/rn PAG LIN 1 1 DIVISION I 1 2 APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS 1 3 Section 1. EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCH APPROPRIATION 1 4 REDUCTIONS. 1 5 1. For the period beginning on the effective date of this 1 6 section and ending on June 30, 2018, the following departments 1 7 and agencies and the judicial branch are subject to a reduction 1 8 in expenditures made from appropriations from the general fund 1 9 in the following amounts: 1 10 a. Department of administrative services 1 11 .................................................. $ 62,560 1 12 b. Auditor of state 1 13 .................................................. $ 24,186 1 14 c. Department of commerce 1 15 .................................................. $ 37,299 1 16 d. Governor's office 1 17 .................................................. $ 62,664 1 18 e. Governor's office of drug control policy 1 19 .................................................. $ 6,174 1 20 f. Department of human rights 1 21 .................................................. $ 21,228 1 22 g. Department of inspections and appeals 1 23 .................................................. $ 307,122 1 24 In identifying and implementing the reduction pursuant 1 25 to this paragraph, the director of the department shall be 1 26 authorized to make allocations between department divisions 1 27 in the manner and to the extent as the director determines 1 28 appropriate, in consultation with the department of management. 1 29 h. State public defender 1 30 .................................................. $ 236,041 1 31 i. Department of management 1 32 .................................................. $ 67,887 1 33 j. Department of revenue 1 34 .................................................. $ 428,271 1 35 k. Secretary of state 2 1 .................................................. $ 94,575 2 2 l. Treasurer of state 2 3 .................................................. $ 27,768 2 4 m. Department of agriculture and land stewardship 2 5 .................................................. $ 566,064 2 6 n. Department of natural resources 2 7 .................................................. $ 123,373 2 8 o. Department of cultural affairs 2 9 .................................................. $ 155,679 2 10 p. Economic development authority 2 11 .................................................. $ 396,039 2 12 q. Iowa workforce development 2 13 .................................................. $ 423,039 2 14 r. Department for the blind 2 15 .................................................. $ 19,720 2 16 s. College student aid commission 2 17 .................................................. $ 94,172 2 18 t. Department of education 2 19 .................................................. $ 1,754,490 2 20 u. Community colleges 2 21 .................................................. $ 5,441,391 2 22 v. Vocational rehabilitation 2 23 .................................................. $ 163,416 2 24 w. Iowa public television 2 25 .................................................. $ 500,000 2 26 x. State university of Iowa 2 27 .................................................. $ 8,670,363 2 28 y. Iowa state university of science and technology 2 29 .................................................. $ 6,914,994 2 30 z. University of northern Iowa 2 31 .................................................. $ 3,748,494 2 32 aa. Department on aging 2 33 .................................................. $ 330,036 2 34 ab. Department of public health 2 35 .................................................. $ 1,388,613 3 1 ac. Department of human services 3 2 .................................................. $ 9,948,126 3 3 ad. Department of veterans affairs 3 4 .................................................. $ 36,877 3 5 ae. Iowa veterans home 3 6 .................................................. $ 65,164 3 7 af. Attorney general 3 8 .................................................. $ 378,471 3 9 ag. Iowa civil rights commission 3 10 .................................................. $ 31,293 3 11 ah. Department of corrections 3 12 .................................................. $ 3,405,688 3 13 ai. Department of public defense 3 14 .................................................. $ 177,579 3 15 aj. Department of homeland security and emergency 3 16 management 3 17 .................................................. $ 57,390 3 18 ak. Department of public safety 3 19 .................................................. $ 300,000 3 20 The department shall not apply any reduction to expenditures 3 21 made from appropriations to the division of the state patrol. 3 22 al. Judicial branch 3 23 .................................................. $ 4,835,445 3 24 2. The department of management, in consultation with 3 25 the departments and agencies and the judicial branch listed 3 26 in subsection 1, shall identify and implement the reductions 3 27 in subsection 1 with respect to the appropriate general fund 3 28 appropriations. Within fifteen days of the effective date of 3 29 this section, the department of management shall transmit a 3 30 report to the general assembly and legislative services agency 3 31 listing the appropriation reductions applied. 3 32 3. In order to implement the reductions in subsection 1, 3 33 the departments and agencies and the judicial branch may adjust 3 34 allocations made from appropriations that are being reduced. 3 35 4. In order to implement the reductions in subsection 1, the 4 1 department of management may reduce a standing appropriation to 4 2 a department or agency required to reduce expenditures pursuant 4 3 to subsection 1. 4 4 Sec. 2. LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATION ==== FY 4 5 2017=2018. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in the 4 6 following designated section for the fiscal year beginning July 4 7 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the amount appropriated from 4 8 the general fund of the state pursuant to the section for the 4 9 following designated purpose shall not exceed the following 4 10 amount: 4 11 For regional tourism marketing under section 99F.11, 4 12 subsection 3, paragraph "d", subparagraph (2): 4 13 .................................................. $ 750,000 4 14 Sec. 3. TRANSFER ==== IOWA SKILLED WORKER AND JOB CREATION 4 15 FUND. There is transferred from the Iowa skilled worker and 4 16 job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the general fund 4 17 of the state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and 4 18 ending June 30, 2018, the following amount: 4 19 .................................................. $ 7,000,000 4 20 Sec. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR GROUND EMERGENCY 4 21 MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED TO MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES. The 4 22 department of human services shall submit a Medicaid state 4 23 plan amendment to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid 4 24 services of the United States department of health and human 4 25 services to request authorization to establish and administer a 4 26 methodology to provide supplemental reimbursement to eligible 4 27 ground emergency medical transportation providers that provide 4 28 ground emergency medical transportation services to Medicaid 4 29 beneficiaries. For purposes of this section, "eligible ground 4 30 emergency medical transportation provider" means a provider who 4 31 provides ground emergency medical transportation services to 4 32 Medicaid beneficiaries and is enrolled as a Medicaid provider 4 33 during the period being claimed. 4 34 Sec. 5. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 17, subsection 4 35 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (1) is amended to read as follows: 5 1 (1) For the purposes of providing assistance under the high 5 2 quality jobs program as described in section 15.335B: 5 3 .................................................. $15,900,0005 4 8,900,000 5 5 Sec. 6. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 170, section 5, subsection 5 6 1, is amended to read as follows: 5 7 1. The appropriations made pursuant to section 2.12 for the 5 8 expenses of the general assembly and legislative agencies for 5 9 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 5 10 2018, are reduced by the following amount: 5 11 .................................................. $400,0005 12 1,000,000 5 13 Sec. 7. REPEAL. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 170, section 18, 5 14 is repealed. 5 15 DIVISION II 5 16 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 5 17 Sec. 8. INDIGENT DEFENSE. There is appropriated from the 5 18 general fund of the state to the office of the state public 5 19 defender of the department of inspections and appeals for the 5 20 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, 5 21 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary to 5 22 supplement appropriations made for the following designated 5 23 purpose: 5 24 For payments on behalf of eligible adults and juveniles from 5 25 the indigent defense fund in accordance with section 815.11: 5 26 .................................................. $ 1,700,000 5 27 Sec. 9. UTILITY COSTS. There is appropriated from the 5 28 general fund of the state to the department of administrative 5 29 services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending 5 30 June 30, 2018, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 5 31 necessary, to supplement appropriations made for the following 5 32 designated purpose: 5 33 For payment of utility costs: 5 34 .................................................. $ 451,871 5 35 DIVISION III 6 1 EFFECTIVE DATE 6 2 Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed 6 3 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 6 4 EXPLANATION 6 5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 6 6 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 7 This bill relates to public funding and regulatory matters 6 8 and making, reducing, transferring, and supplementing 6 9 appropriations for expenditures for the fiscal year 2017=2018. 6 10 The bill is organized by divisions. 6 11 APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS. For the fiscal year 2017=2018, 6 12 the bill limits expenditures made from appropriations from 6 13 the general fund for certain listed departments and agencies 6 14 and the judicial branch. The bill requires the department 6 15 of management, in consultation with the departments and 6 16 agencies and the judicial branch, to identify and implement 6 17 the reductions and to file a report with the general assembly 6 18 and the legislative services agency listing the appropriation 6 19 reductions applied within 15 days of the effective date 6 20 of the bill. The bill allows departments and agencies 6 21 and the judicial branch to adjust allocations made within 6 22 appropriations that are being reduced. The bill allows the 6 23 department of management to reduce standing appropriations to 6 24 such departments and agencies. 6 25 The bill limits a standing appropriation to the economic 6 26 development authority for purposes of regional tourism 6 27 marketing. 6 28 The bill transfers moneys from the Iowa skilled worker and 6 29 job creation fund to the general fund of the state for FY 6 30 2017=2018. 6 31 The bill requires the department of human services to submit 6 32 a Medicaid state plan amendment to the centers for Medicare and 6 33 Medicaid services of the United States department of health 6 34 and human services to request authorization to establish and 6 35 administer a methodology to provide supplemental reimbursement 7 1 to eligible ground emergency medical transportation providers 7 2 that provide ground emergency medical transportation services 7 3 to Medicaid beneficiaries. 7 4 The bill reduces an appropriation to the economic 7 5 development authority from the Iowa skilled worker and job 7 6 creation fund for FY 2017=2018. 7 7 The bill increases the reduction to the standing unlimited 7 8 appropriation to the general assembly. 7 9 The bill repeals an appropriation to the offices of the 7 10 governor and the lieutenant governor for the fiscal year 7 11 2017=2018 for expenses incurred during the gubernatorial 7 12 transition. 7 13 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS. The bill makes supplemental 7 14 appropriations to the state public defender of the department 7 15 of inspections and appeals for payments on behalf of eligible 7 16 adults and juveniles from the indigent defense fund. 7 17 The bill makes supplemental appropriations to the department 7 18 of administrative services for payments of utility costs. 7 19 EFFECTIVE DATE. The bill takes effect upon enactment. LSB 6134SV (3) 87 tm/rn
