SB 6190-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Establishes a twelve month, one county, community options program entry system pilot project. The purpose of the pilot project is to assist independent providers with the collection of community options program entry system client participation money.

Directs the department of social and health services to report on the results of the pilot project to the appropriate committees of the legislature. The report must be in two phases. The first report must be made by December 1, 2006, and the final report must be made by June 1, 2007. The final report must include recommendations for funding a future program including a revenue neutral option, an analysis as to why participation is not being paid and any available solutions, and a comparison of collected amounts under the pilot project to collected amounts without the pilot project to determine whether the pilot project is cost-effective.

Appropriates the sum of forty-nine thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, from the general fund to the department of social and health services for the purposes of this act.