03/15/2018 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 321(FIN) am                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act  making supplemental  appropriations,  capital                                                                    
     appropriations,   and   other  appropriations;   making                                                                    
     appropriations    to    capitalize   funds;    amending                                                                    
     appropriations; and providing for an effective date."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
9:00:53 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Hoffman noted  that the  committee  had heard  the                                                                    
companion bill  to HB  321 and that  the version  before the                                                                    
committee had been amended in the House.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
PETE  ECKLUND, STAFF,  SENATOR LYMAN  HOFFMAN, relayed  that                                                                    
there  were  2  changes  in  the  current  House  bill  that                                                                    
differed  from  the  Senate   version  previously  heard  in                                                                    
committee.  He said  that a  reduction of  $2.5 million  had                                                                    
been  made  in  the  allocation  for  Population  Management                                                                    
within  the   Department  of  Corrections,   leaving  $7.947                                                                    
million. He  related that and  additional allocation  of $45                                                                    
million for  Healthcare Medicaid  Services had been  made to                                                                    
the Department of Health and  Social Services. He noted that                                                                    
without the additional funds the  program would have run out                                                                    
of  fund  in  mid-April  2018,  the  allocation  would  fund                                                                    
Medicaid  Services until  the end  of May  2018. He  relayed                                                                    
that the  last change was  the change in the  effective date                                                                    
from April  16, 2018 to March  16, 2018. He stated  that the                                                                    
total, all funds  dollar amount in the  bill was $110,239.0.                                                                    
He furthered that this  reflected $91.9 million undesignated                                                                    
general funds; $5.1 million  designated general funds; $13.1                                                                    
million in other state funds.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:03:28 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman OPENED public testimony.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman CLOSED public testimony.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon  MOVED to report  CSHB 321(FIN)am  out of                                                                    
Committee with individual recommendations.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon asked  about Community Revenue Assistance                                                                    
and wondered  about the  total fund  balance would  be after                                                                    
the supplemental was passed.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
9:05:13 AM                                                                                                                    
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Senator  Micciche   recapped  that   the  bill   before  the                                                                    
committee was  a fast-track supplemental, from  which things                                                                    
were  removed   that  the  committee  did   not  think  were                                                                    
necessary. He said that some  of the costs for Medicaid that                                                                    
the  committee agreed  were important,  would be  covered in                                                                    
the bill.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman WITHDREW his OBJECTION.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
A roll call vote was taken on the motion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
IN FAVOR: Stevens, Von  Imhof, Bishop,  Micciche, MacKinnon,                                                                    
Hoffman                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
OPPOSED:                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The MOTION PASSED (6/0).                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 321(FIN)am  was REPORTED  out of  committee with  a "do                                                                    
pass" recommendation.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman handed the gavel to Co-Chair MacKinnon.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:08:26 AM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:11:03 AM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED