AGENDA

 

Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee

 

The committee chairs have scheduled the following meeting:

 

                                    DATE:      Wednesday, February 10, 2016

                                    TIME:       7:59 a.m.

                                    PLACE:    Room 30, House Building

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 

Sen. Allen M. Christensen, Chair

Rep. Paul Ray, Chair

Rep. Edward H. Redd, House Vice Chair

 

 

                  Sen. Luz Escamilla                                          Rep. Melvin R. Brown

                  Sen. Lincoln Fillmore                                      Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck

                  Sen. Deidre M. Henderson                               Rep. Bradley M. Daw

                  Sen. Alvin B. Jackson                                      Rep. Sandra Hollins

                  Sen. Mark B. Madsen                                      Rep. Robert Spendlove

                  Sen. Brian E. Shiozawa                                    Rep. Earl D. Tanner

                  Sen. Todd Weiler                                             Rep. Ray Ward

 

Staff:         Russell T. Frandsen, Fiscal Analyst                 Stephen C. Jardine, Fiscal Analyst

                                                                                          Chandler Young, Secretary

 

 

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AGENDA

Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 – 7:59 A.M.

 

Please note: The chairs have asked, for those who will present requests for funding, that you provide to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst at least one day prior to your presentation a detailed and itemized budget indicating how you will spend the money, if funded, within the specified timeframe.  Further, you should indicate how you will measure success.  If you do not have a detailed and itemized budget indicating how you will spend the money within the specified timeframe and performance measures, you will be asked to come back if and when you have a detailed and specific budget plan. All appropriations must be made to state agencies.  State agencies must follow state procurement laws which require competitive bids, requests for proposal, or sole source determination. 

 

1.      7:59 a.m.   Call to Order

 

2.      8:00 a.m.   Unfinished Items from the Previous Agenda

 

3.      8:00 a.m.   Public Input on Topics on Today's Agenda - Must contact Debbie Benson before 1 p.m. Tuesday, February 9th at 801-326-1698 to be considered.  To maximize the number of people who can provide public testimony, each person is limited to testifying twice on Social Services issues unless authorized by the chairs.

 

4.      8:25 a.m.   Building Block Requests related to the Department of Health

a.       Staff and Supplies at the Office of Medical Examiner

b.      Drug Overdose Prevention Initiatives

c.       Babywatch Early Intervention Caseload Evaluation

                                                              i.      Motions for Subcommittee Consideration - #6V

d.      Abstinence and Personal Responsibility Education for Teens and Health Screenings for Incarcerated Women

e.       Home Visiting Program

                                                              i.      TANF with Evaluation Plan - Motions for Subcommittee Consideration #6T

f.       Uninsured Poverty Gap

g.       Increase Caseload for Medically Complex Children's Waiver

h.      Medicaid Caseload, Inflation and Program Changes (Medicaid Consensus)

                                                              i.      Motions for Subcommittee Consideration #6W & 11K

                                                            ii.      Medicaid Consensus Forecasting - Issue Brief

i.        Continue Medicaid Rate Enhancement for Physicians

j.        Restore Adult Dental Medicaid Services to Disabled Individuals

k.      VoIP Upgrade

l.        State Laboratory Drug Testing Account - Motions for Subcommittee Consideration #6K

 

5.      9:40 a.m.   Request for Appropriation (Escamilla) - Baby Watch Early Intervention Program (BWEIP)

 

6.      9:45 a.m.   Request for Appropriation (Iwamoto) -  Primary Children's Trauma Network

 

7.      9:50 a.m.   Request for Appropriation (Froerer) - Organ Donation Awareness Outreach

 

8.      9:55 a.m.   Request for Appropriation (Thurston) - Hemp Extract Evaluation

9.      10:00 a.m. Request for Appropriation (Shiozawa) - Parkinson's Registry

 

10.  10:05 a.m. Request for Appropriation (McKell) - Opiate Overdose Pilot Program (HB0192)

 

11.  10:10 a.m. Request for Appropriation (Ray) - Radon Education

 

12.  10:15 a.m. Request for Appropriation (Christensen) - Donated Dental Services, Inc.

 

13.  10:20 a.m. Quarterly Status Reports on Replacement of Medicaid Management Information System

a.       Motions for Subcommittee Consideration - #7A

 

14.  10:25 a.m. FY 2016 and FY 2017 Budget Discussions, Prioritizing, and Voting

 

15.  10:45 a.m. Items from the Next Meeting’s Agenda

 

16.  10:50 a.m. Other Business