Amendments to House Bill No. 2

3rd Reading Copy

Requested by Senator Bob Keenan

For the Senate Finance and Claims Committee

Prepared by Joshua Poulette

March 31, 2021 (12:58pm)

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Insert: "For all line items in the Department of Public Health and Human Services that include the word “Medicaid” or “CHIP”, for each quarter in which the COVID-enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage authorized by the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” provides a 6.2 percentage points increase in federal funding, the department shall decrease: (1) general fund authority pursuant to 17-2-108(2); and (2) state special fund authority pursuant to 17-2-108(3). The combined decrease of general fund and state special authority must equal the amount of the increased federal funding provided for by the 6.2 percentage points increase in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage.  The department is authorized to establish a new appropriation to include both general fund and state special revenue equal to the amounts reduced pursuant to 17-2-108 for the first quarter of FY 2022, which serves as a contingency fund that may be used by the department for any use consistent with the goals and objectives of the agency in the biennium.  This new appropriation must be established as biennial and one-time-only."

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Explanation - This amendment adds language in HB 2 that establishes a contingency fund for the Department of Public Health and Human Services in the event that the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage associated with the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” persists into FY 2022.