Bill Text: MN HF3301 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health care access fund transfer priorities modified in cases of a positive unrestricted general fund balance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-27 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Finance [HF3301 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF3301-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human services; requiring certain transfers to the health care
1.3access fund in cases of a positive unrestricted general fund balance;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.152, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Additional revenues; priority. (a) If on the basis of a forecast of general
1.8fund revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines
1.9that there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of
1.10the biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the
1.11following accounts and purposes in priority order:
1.12 (1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches
1.13$350,000,000;
1.14 (2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account
1.15reaches $653,000,000;
1.16 (3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district
1.17aids and credits payments in section127A.45 to not more than 90 percent rounded to the
1.18nearest tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining
1.19funds deposited in the budget reserve;
1.20(4) the amount necessary to reimburse the health care access fund for all transfers
1.21and appropriations from that fund to the general fund for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for
1.22costs related to the expansion of medical assistance eligibility for adults without children
1.23and for children;
2.1(4) (5) the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under
2.2section127A.441 and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section
2.3123B.75, subdivision 5
, by the same amount; and
2.4(5) (6) to the state airports fund, the amount necessary to restore the amount
2.5transferred from the state airports fund under Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section
2.63, subdivision 5.
2.7 (b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated
2.8from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case
2.9of transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and(4) (5), as necessary to meet the
2.10appropriations schedules otherwise established in statute.
2.11 (c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar
2.12amount of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and(4) (5), to the commissioner
2.13of education. The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage
2.14and reduce the property tax shift percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions
2.15to the current fiscal year and thereafter.
2.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2015.
1.3access fund in cases of a positive unrestricted general fund balance;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.152, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Additional revenues; priority. (a) If on the basis of a forecast of general
1.8fund revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines
1.9that there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of
1.10the biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the
1.11following accounts and purposes in priority order:
1.12 (1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches
1.13$350,000,000;
1.14 (2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account
1.15reaches $653,000,000;
1.16 (3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district
1.17aids and credits payments in section
1.18nearest tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining
1.19funds deposited in the budget reserve;
1.20(4) the amount necessary to reimburse the health care access fund for all transfers
1.21and appropriations from that fund to the general fund for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for
1.22costs related to the expansion of medical assistance eligibility for adults without children
1.23and for children;
2.1
2.2section
2.4
2.5transferred from the state airports fund under Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section
2.63, subdivision 5.
2.7 (b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated
2.8from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case
2.9of transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and
2.10appropriations schedules otherwise established in statute.
2.11 (c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar
2.12amount of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and
2.13of education. The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage
2.14and reduce the property tax shift percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions
2.15to the current fiscal year and thereafter.
2.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2015.
