Kentucky
General Assembly

03/14/11	introduced in House to Appropriations & Revenue (H) taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H) 1st reading returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H) posting waived
03/15/11	taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H) 2nd reading returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
03/16/11	floor amendment (1) filed
03/21/11	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) taken from Rules (H) placed in the Orders of the Day 3rd reading, passed 94-4 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) received in Senate taken from Committee on Committees (S) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (S)
03/22/11	taken from Committee on Committees (S) 2nd reading returned to Committee on Committees (S) to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
03/24/11	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2011 3rd reading, passed 22-15 with Committee Substitute received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules (H) posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute passed 86-2 enrolled, signed by each presiding officer delivered to Governor
03/25/11	line items vetoed

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; decrease the School Facilities Construction Commission's General Fund appropriation by $7,800,000 in fiscal year 2010-2011; require the Governor to reduce General Fund expenditures by $168,900,000 in fiscal year 2011-2012 through operating efficiencies and require all such reductions to result in recurring annual savings; provide that no debt service savings or savings from debt restructuring be used to comply with the required expenditure reductions; limit the total amount of General Fund debt restructuring for the 2010-2012 fiscal biennium to $269,853,800; prohibit the restructuring of any Road Fund debt in fiscal year 2010-2011 and restrict any Road Fund debt restructuring to $53,000,000 in fiscal year 2011-2012; direct any unspent debt service to be transferred to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; require the Governor to report monthly to the Legislative Research Commission the status of all budgetary savings and efficiencies that have been achieved; prohibit any language expressing legislative intent regarding a specific appropriation from being reduced by a greater percentage than the reduction of the General Fund appropriation for that budget unit; require the state budget director to certify to the Legislative Research Commission all managed care savings by August 15, 2011; provide that if managed care savings are less than $139,000,000, the shortfall amount or $23,100,000, whichever is less, is appropriated from the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Undesignated Ending Fund Balance to the Medicaid Benefits budget unit; provide that if the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Undesignated Ending Fund Balance appropriation is insufficient, the Governor shall make up the remaining shortfall by making equal percentage General Fund reductions by October 1, 2011, to all but a few budget units; exempt Tobacco-Settlement Phase 1 Funds from any reductions; prohibit the Governor from utilizing resources from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account or from any proposed legislation in the formation and submission of his executive branch budget recommendation; suspend permissive furlough language until the Governor certifies to the Legislative Research Commission that expenditure reductions of $168,900,000 have been taken and the savings have been achieved; provide $4,600,000 in fund transfers to the General Fund; reallocate $32,500,000 in the Road Fund from the Highways budget unit to the Debt Service budget unit in fiscal year 2010-2011; provide that if the executive branch has to implement General Fund reductions to make up a shortfall in managed care savings, the legislative and judicial branches must also implement a percentage reduction and direct the funds to Medicaid Benefits.
Index Headings	Appropriations - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Budget and Financial Administration - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Finance - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Higher - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Vocational - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Effective Dates, Emergency - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Medicaid - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Fiscal Note - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	R. Rand
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Appropriations - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Budget and Financial Administration - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Finance - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Higher - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Vocational - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Effective Dates, Emergency - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Medicaid - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Fiscal Note - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	C. Rollins II
Summary	Amend 2010 (1st Extra. Sess.) Kentucky Acts Chapter 1, the state/executive branch budget, to delete language allowing the Executive Branch to furlough state employees; make technical correction.
Index Headings	Appropriations - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Budget and Financial Administration - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Finance - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Higher - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Vocational - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Effective Dates, Emergency - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Medicaid - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Fiscal Note - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Provide intent language regarding any conflicts between this Act and legislation passed during the 2011 Regular Session of the General Assembly; amend 2010 (1st Extra. Sess.) Kentucky Acts Chapter 1, the state/executive branch budget, to: reduce General Fund appropriations by 0.335 percent in fiscal year 2010-2011 and by 1.74 percent in fiscal year 2011-2012, except for the Local Government Economic Assistance Fund (LGEAF), Local Government Economic Development Fund (LGEDF), School Facilities Construction Commission, Teachers' Retirement System, Learning and Result Services, Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK), Vocational Rehabilitation, Finance Cabinet's debt service, State Salary and Compensation Fund, State Group Health Insurance Fund, and Postsecondary Institutions; decrease the School Facilities Construction Commission's General Fund appropriation by $7,800,000 in fiscal year 2010-2011 and by 1.74 percent in fiscal year 2011-2012; adjust Learning and Results Services for Teachers' Health Insurance and then reduce; reduce SEEK's General Fund appropriation by 0.812 percent on January 30, 2012, unless further action is taken by the General Assembly; provide $166,591,600 of additional General Fund moneys to Medicaid Benefits in fiscal year 2010-2011 and reduce the General Fund appropriation by $97,295,800 in fiscal year 2011-2012; delete Medicaid Benefits budget surplus language; prohibit Medicaid savings from being used to increase or expand optional services, optional beneficiaries, or Medicaid reimbursement rates, unless the expansion of existing services by a managed care provider can be demonstrated to provide an overall cost savings and improved outcome; require the Department for Medicaid Services to request a waiver from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reinstate face-to-face interviews for determining eligibility for all applicants and for the renewal of current beneficiaries for the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program; require the Department for Medicaid Services to continue face-to-face interviews for all new applicants and for the renewal of current Medicaid beneficiaries, excluding incapacitated or institutionalized Medicaid recipients; reduce the State Salary and Compensation Fund and the State Group Health Insurance Fund by 1.74 percent in fiscal year 2011-2012; provide $18,900,000 of General Fund moneys to Postsecondary Institutions by reallocating fiscal year 2011-2012 appropriations to fiscal year 2010-2011; reduce Postsecondary Institutions' General Fund appropriations by 1.74 percent on January 30, 2012, unless further action is taken by the General Assembly; require the Governor to reduce General Fund expenditures by $168,900,000 in fiscal year 2011-2012 through operating efficiencies and require all such reductions to result in recurring annual savings; provide that no debt service savings or savings from debt restructuring be used to comply with the required expenditure reductions; limit the total amount of General Fund debt restructuring for the 2010-2012 fiscal biennium to $202,853,800, the amount originally enacted by the First Extraordinary Session of the 2010 General Assembly; prohibit the restructuring of any Road Fund debt in fiscal year 2010-2011 and restrict any Road Fund debt restructuring to $53,000,000 in fiscal year 2011-2012; appropriate $22,400,000 of General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2010-2011, which is in addition to the Consensus Forecasting Group estimate; direct any unspent debt service to be transferred to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; require the Governor to report monthly to the Legislative Research Commission the status of all budgetary savings and efficiencies that have been achieved; prohibit any language expressing legislative intent regarding a specific appropriation from being reduced by a greater percentage than the reduction of the General Fund appropriation for that budget unit; require the Legislative Research Commission to employ an established accounting firm to work with the Consensus Forecasting Group to evaluatemanaged care savings for fiscal year 2011-2012; require the Department for Medicaid Services to submit a monthly managed care analysis report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; provide that any General Fund appropriation reductions mandated to occur on January 30, 2012, shall be transferred and appropriated to the Medicaid Benefits budget unit in fiscal year 2011-2012; provide that this Act is predicated on the Governor achieving $69,795,800 of General Fund savings in fiscal year 2011-2012, which is half the $139,591,600 of savings projected by the Governor as needed in fiscal year 2011-2012; provide that if savings are greater than $69,795,800, it is the intent of the General Assembly to rescind the reductions mandated to occur on January 30, 2012; authorize the Legislative Research Commission to contract with an accounting firm to assist with evaluating all expenditure reductions; delete language allowing the Governor to furlough state employees; require all receipts received through the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program to reported to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue and deposited in a sub-account of the Public Employee Health Insurance Trust Fund for future appropriations by the General Assembly; provide $3,000,000 in fund transfers to the General Fund; amend 2010 (1st Extra. Sess.) Kentucky Acts Chapter 3, the Transportation Cabinet budget, to reduce General Fund appropriations by 0.335 percent in fiscal year 2010-2011 and by 1.74 percent in fiscal year 2011-2012; provide $1,600,000 in fund transfers to the General Fund; amend 2010 Kentucky Acts Chapter 154, the judicial branch budget, to reduce General Fund appropriations by 0.335 percent in fiscal year 2010-2011 and by 1.74 percent in fiscal year 2011-2012, except for the Local Facilities Fund and the Judicial Retirement System; amend 2010 Kentucky Acts Chapter 156, the legislative branch budget, to reduce General Fund appropriations by 0.335 percent in fiscal year 2010-2011 and by 1.74 percent in fiscal year 2011-2012; prohibit members of the General Assembly from receiving daily compensation, additional allowance, or any other payment or reimbursement of expenses for veto days during the First Extraordinary Session of the 2011 General Assembly; provide the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House with the authority to authorize days of official business per diem and expenses for individual members of their respective chambers; declare an EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Appropriations - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Budget and Financial Administration - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Finance - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Higher - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Education, Vocational - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Effective Dates, Emergency - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Medicaid - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to Fiscal Note - State/Executive Branch Budget, amendment to