The Senate version of House Bill 1001, the State’s biennial budget, passed out of the Senate on Tuesday, April 16 by a vote of 40-8. The current version of the budget includes a new fund called a Providers’ Rate Stabilization fund and includes a $10,000,000 appropriation per year for this fund. The fund, as it is currently written in the budget:
While the language speaks to programs that serve the IDD population, the funds will be spent at FSSA’s discretion and are not limited to the programs listed in the budget. INARF believes this language is the Senate’s attempt to address our rate issues, however, by giving FSSA the ability to spend the appropriation, our concern is our top priorities – DSP wages, VR, First Steps, and Case Management – will not be addressed. Therefore, we are asking you to reach out to House Ways and Means members at the email addresses below and express your concern over the language included in the Senate budget. OUR ASK:
Emails to Ways and Means committee members should be sent using your inbox and please respond to this email and indicate who you emailed and any responses you receive. Representative Bradford Barrett - h56@iga.in.gov Chairman Timothy Brown - h41@iga.in.gov Representative Chris Campbell - h26@iga.in.gov Representative Robert Cherry - h53@iga.in.gov Representative Edward Clere - h72@iga.in.gov Representative Steven Davisson - h73@iga.in.gov Representative Edward DeLaney - h86@iga.in.gov Representative Carey Hamilton - h87@iga.in.gov Representative Earl Harris Jr. - h2@iga.in.gov Representative Robert Heaton - h46@iga.in.gov Representative Dave Heine - h85@iga.in.gov Chairman Todd Huston -h37@iga.in.gov Representative Jack Jordan - h17@iga.in.gov Representative Michael Karickhoff - h30@iga.in.gov Representative Sheila Klinker - h27@iga.in.gov Representative Daniel Leonard - h50@iga.in.gov Representative Peggy Mayfield - h60@iga.in.gov Representative Sharon Negele - h13@iga.in.gov Representative Gregory Porter - h96@iga.in.gov Representative Cherrish Pryor - h94@iga.in.gov Representative Holli Sullivan - h78@iga.in.gov Representative Jeffrey Thompson- h28@iga.in.gov Representative Melanie Wright - h35@iga.in.gov Representative Cindy Ziemke - h55@iga.in.gov Comments are closed.
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