5077-S AMS KEIS ELIA 017

SSB 5077 - S AMD 293

By Senators Keiser, Frockt, Jayapal

LAID ON TABLE 04/02/2015

    On page 58, line 29, increase the General Fund-State Appropriation (FY 2016) by $6,193,000.

    On page 58, line 30, increase the General Fund-State Appropriation (FY 2017) by $12,472,000.

    On page 58, line 31, increase the General Fund-Federal Appropriation by $18,708,000.

Adjust totals accordingly

On page 61, after line 30, insert the following:

"(l) The department of social and health services shall increase the benchmark rates for community residential service businesses providing supported living, group home, and licensed staffed residential services for people with developmental disabilities by sixty cents starting July 1, 2015, and by an additional sixty cents starting July 1, 2016."

EFFECT: Adds funding to the benchmark rate for developmental disabilities community residential providers.

FISCAL IMPACT: GF-S - $18,579,000; GF-F -$18,708,000

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