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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill addresses provisions relating to state budget implementation and reporting
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11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ provides that certain funds appropriated for the state plan for medical assistance and
14 for the Division of Health Care Financing are nonlapsing for the fiscal year
15 beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020, and the fiscal year beginning July
16 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021;
17 ▸ for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, allows the
18 Division of Finance to extend the date before which a department in the state is
19 required to submit a budget execution plan to the Division of Finance; and
20 ▸ exempts an agency from reporting to the Board of Examiners regarding certain
21 overexpended line items for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June
22 30, 2020.
23 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
24 None
25 Other Special Clauses:
26 This bill provides a special effective date.
27 Utah Code Sections Affected:
28 ENACTS:
29 26-18-402.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
30 63J-1-209.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
31 63J-1-217.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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33 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
34 Section 1. Section 26-18-402.5 is enacted to read:
35 26-18-402.5. Nonlapsing Medicaid funds.
36 (1) Notwithstanding Subsection 26-18-402(3), for fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21
37 the funds described in Subsections 26-18-402(3)(a) and 26-18-402(2)(a)(ii) are nonlapsing.
38 (2) This section supersedes any conflicting provisions of Utah law.
39 Section 2. Section 63J-1-209.5 is enacted to read:
40 63J-1-209.5. Reporting requirements for budget execution plans for fiscal year
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42 (1) Notwithstanding Subsection 63J-1-209(2), for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
43 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the director of the Division of Finance may extend the
44 deadline described in Subsection 63J-1-209(2)(a) for up to 45 days after the date described in
45 Subsection 63J-1-209(2)(a).
46 (2) This section supersedes any conflicting provisions of Utah law.
47 Section 3. Section 63J-1-217.5 is enacted to read:
48 63J-1-217.5. Reporting requirements for overexpenditure of budget by agency for
49 fiscal year 2020.
50 (1) Notwithstanding Section 63G-9-301 and Subsection 63J-1-217(2)(c), an agency
51 with an overexpended line item for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30,
52 2020, is not required to present a report to the Board of Examiners if the line item is
53 overexpended as a result of the Legislature reducing the agency's nonlapsing appropriations for
54 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020, after the day on which the
55 2020 Annual General Session adjourns sine die and before the day on which the 2021 Annual
56 General Session begins.
57 (2) This section supersedes any conflicting provisions of Utah law.
58 Section 4. Effective date.
59 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
60 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
61 Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
62 the date of veto override.