ADOPTED SENATE AMENDMENTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2009
HB0011S2001/AE
Page 1–line 16 Delete "negligently" insert "recklessly". PERKINS
HB0020S2001/A
Delete the Senate Standing Committee Amendment (HB0020SS001/A) entirely and further amend as follows:
Page 3-line 11 After "administration" insert "pursuant to a prescription by a licensed psychiatrist". DECARIA
HB0067S2001/AE
[TO ENGROSSED COPY]
Page 1-line 2 After "upon" insert "a percentage of the price or".
Page 5-line 1 After "rate of" insert "the greater of twenty percent (20%) of the wholesale purchase price or".
Page 5-line 11 After "rate of" insert "the greater of ten percent (10%) of the retail price or". SCOTT, SCHIFFER
HB0112S2002/A
[TO ENGROSSED COPY]
Delete the Senate Standing Committee Amendment (HB0112SS001/AE) entirely. LARSON
SF0001S3003/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Section 024. Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources
(Cultural Resources)
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Page 12-line 11 After "1." insert ", 2."; Under GENERAL FUND increase amount by "20,000".
Page 12-After line 27 Insert:
"2. Of this general fund appropriation twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00), or as much thereof as necessary, shall only be expended for cleaning, restoration, conservation and protection of the four (4) Gollings paintings displayed in the House and Senate chambers.". ROSS
SF0001S3009/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): 048. Department of Health
(Health Care Financing)
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Delete the Coe Second Reading Amendment (SF0001S2031/A) entirely and further amend as follows:
Page 19-line 9 After "11." insert ", 13.".
Page 22-after line 27 Insert:
"13. The division of developmental disabilities and division of mental health and substance abuse shall research science-based best practices for providing services to individuals with a diagnosis of both developmental disability and mental illness who are eligible under current home and community-based waiver programs for adults administered by the division of developmental disabilities. The division shall report the findings of the research under this footnote, including a description of the best practices and recommendations for improving services to clients with a dual diagnosis, to the joint appropriations committee, the labor, health and social services interim committee and the governor not later than October 31, 2009. The division's report shall include an analysis of how to use existing resources more efficiently and, if deemed necessary, recommendations for additional funding which may be required for delivery of services to individuals diagnosed with both developmental disability and mental illness using the preferred assessment methodology in the department's 2011-2012 biennial budget request.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. NICHOLAS, SCHIFFER
SF0001S3010/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Section 048. Department of Health
(Health Care Financing)
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Page 19-line 9 After "11." insert ", 13.".
Page 22-after line 27 Insert:
"13. If, by the most likely financial projections available on June 1, 2009, the general fund expenditure by the Medicaid program for the biennium, including the effect of this footnote, will not exceed the general funds appropriated for that program including any auditor's reserve, the Department of Health shall, for services provided in the second year of the biennium, increase the Medicaid reimbursement for primary care by an amount not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) in general funds and associated federal funds. The increase may be by current procedural terminology codes, type of provider or both. As used in this footnote, "primary care" shall include, at minimum, office visits, consultative services and medical home services by physicians, physician assistants and advanced nurse practitioners. "Primary care" shall not include surgical, radiological or invasive diagnostic procedures excluding blood tests.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. SCOTT, LANDEN, ROSS
SF0001S3011/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): 048. Department of Health
(Preventive Health and Safety)
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Page 19-line 18 Under OTHER FUNDS increase amount by "495,000 TT".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. DECARIA, JOHNSON
SF0001S3013/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): 049. Department of Family Services
(Assistance)
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Page 23-line 8 Under FEDERAL FUND increase amount by "109,000".
Page 23-line 25 Strike "forty-eight thousand dollars ($48,000.00)" insert "one hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars ($157,000.00)".
Page 23-line 27 Strike "2009" insert "2010".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. ESQUIBEL, F.
SF0001S3014/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): 048. Department of Health
(Division on Aging)
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Page 19-line 23 Under GENERAL FUND increase amount by "375,000".
Page 21-line 16 After "personnel" insert ", and three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($375,000.00) shall be expended by the Wyoming senior services board for compensation of senior center employees. This three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($375,000.00) shall not be distributed pursuant to the existing funding distribution model but shall be distributed to centers according to a reasonable and fair distribution formula to equalize wages for employees performing similar functions based upon published occupational wage information by the department of employment and other information submitted to the unemployment department as determined by the Wyoming senior services board".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. MEIER, VASEY, TOWNSEND, MARTIN
SF0001S3018/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): 302. [MEDICAID CONTINGENCY APROPRIATIONS]
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Page 45–line 25 Delete "subsections (a) and (f)" insert "subsection (a)".
Page 45–line 26 After "2010" insert "." delete ", and".
Page 45–line 27 Delete through "provided" insert "The funds appropriated in subsection (f) of this section may be expended upon the effective date of this act. Prior to the expenditure of any funds appropriated in subsections (a) and (f) of this section, the department of health shall provide".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. NICHOLAS
SF0001S3019/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Section 303. [EMPLOYEE BENEFITS]
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Page 50-after line 22 Insert:
"(h) Not later than October 1, 2009, the Governor shall report to the Joint Appropriations Committee on an economic analysis of the state's employee health care benefits in comparison to representative private sector programs available in Wyoming.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. BEBOUT
SF0001S3020/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): 337. [ENDOWMENTS – II]
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Page 51-line 15 After "2014." insert "However, if 2009 House Bill 155 is enacted into law, any unexpended, unobligated funds from this appropriation shall revert only as provided in that act.".
Page 51-line 23 After "2014." insert "However, if 2009 House Bill 155 is enacted into law, any unexpended, unobligated funds from this appropriation shall revert only as provided in that act.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. MASSIE
SF0001S3021/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Section 339. [AML FUNDING]
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Page 55-line 5 Delete and insert "(iii) One million six hundred thousand dollars ($1,600,000.00)".
Page 55-line 6 After "center" delete ";" insert ". The School of Energy Resources under the direction of the University of Wyoming Energy Resources Council and in consultation with the Wyoming mining industry may develop:
(A) A research program for uranium under the School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming. This program shall focus on optimizing the economic recovery of the resource through groundwater restoration, research on waste water management and the development of a seminar to educate the public and the industry about uranium and uranium extraction;
(B) A program at the school focusing on technology transfer which would help industry with access to and application of existing in situ recovery processes. The program shall be designed to promote research and technology transfer efforts;
(C) A database which would include information concerning uranium exploration, development and production;
(D) A research program which would focus on future production of uranium resources in Wyoming; and
(E) Other programs as identified by the Energy Resources Council.".
Page 55-line 24 In the Massie Second Reading Amendment (SF0001S2019/A) to this line delete "2010" insert "2011".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. BEBOUT
SF0001S3022/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Addition to 300 Sections
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Delete the Nicholas Second Reading Amendment (SF0001S2025/A) entirely and further amend as follows:
Page 61-After line 8 Insert the following new section and renumber as necessary:
"[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - legislative economic stimulus account]
Section 345.
(a) There is created the legislative economic stimulus account. To the extent not prohibited by federal law, all funds received by the state from the federal government under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 shall be deposited into the account.
(b) Except as provided in this section, all funds and all income generated on the funds in the account shall remain in the account until appropriated by the legislature.
(c) Funds in the account are appropriated as follows:
(i) Funds specified by the Act to be used for projects administered by the transportation commission or the department of transportation are hereby appropriated to the department to be expended by the transportation commission in the amount appropriated by the Act for the purposes specified by the Act;
(ii) Funds specified by the Act to be distributed to a tribal entity are hereby appropriated to the state auditor in the amount appropriated by the Act to be distributed as provided by the Act;
(iii) Funds specified by the Act to be used for Clean Water State Revolving Fund or Drinking Water State Revolving Fund projects to be approved by the State Loan and Investment Board and administered by the Office of State Lands and Investments are hereby appropriated to the Office of State Lands and Investments to be expended by the State Land and Investment Board in the amount appropriated by the Act for the purposes specified by the Act;
(iv) As necessary to be allocated and expended by the Governor in an emergency to avoid compromising the state's eligibility for or access to funds under the Act. In such event, the Governor shall promptly advise the joint appropriations committee and management council of any action taken under this subsection.
(d) The governor shall promptly report to the joint appropriations committee and the management council all funds made available to the state under the Act, specifying the purposes for which funds are required to be expended under the Act and, if applicable, the date by which the funds must be expended, identifying those funds available for nonspecified purposes and making recommendations as the governor deems advisable for the appropriation and expenditure of funds under the Act, including any condition recommended to be imposed upon any expenditure.
(e) Funds in the account not appropriated under subsection (c) of this section are subject to the following:
(i) The joint appropriations committee shall review the governor's report and recommend to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature and the management council whether the legislature should convene in special session if the governor has not called for a special session;
(ii) If the legislature does not schedule a special session within twenty-one (21) days after receipt of the governor's report or if the president of the senate and the speaker of the house advise the governor in writing that they do not intend to call a special session, there is hereby appropriated from the account to the state entity specified by the Act the amounts provided under the Act. If no state entity is specified, the governor is authorized to determine the most appropriate state entity to fulfill the function, and the amount is hereby appropriated to the state auditor for distribution to the entity as designated by the governor. All appropriations under this paragraph are subject to any conditions the governor recommended be imposed under the report submitted under subsection (d) of this section.
(f) All expenditures made pursuant to subsection (c) or (e) of this section shall be reported through the B-11 process and shall not be included in any agency’s 2011-2012 standard biennial budget request.
(g) As used in this section:
(i) "Account" means the legislative economic stimulus account created by this section;
(ii) "Act" means the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009;
(iii) "State" means the state of Wyoming or any of its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities, separate operating units, or institutions.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. NICHOLAS
SF0001S3024/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): 302. [MEDICAID CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATIONS]
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Page 46-after line 6 Insert:
"(h) Up to two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) of any additional general or federal funding that becomes lawfully available as a result of increases to the federal medical assistance percentages, or other Medicaid federal funding increases under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or other federal legislation, shall be used to reduce to the extent possible the developmentally disabled children’s waiver program waiting list.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. MASSIE, SCOTT, DOCKSTADER, COE, DECARIA
SF0001S3025/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Section 3. [CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION
Section 006. Administration & Information
(A&I – New State Office Bldg.)
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Page 36–line 16 After "4." insert ", 5.".
Page 38–after line 9 Insert:
"5. There is created the state office building exterior legislative oversight committee. The state office building exterior legislative oversight committee shall review and approve the exterior plan of the state office building. The state office building exterior legislative oversight committee shall consist of:
(a) Three (3) members of the senate selected by the president of the senate, with one (1) member to be from the senate appropriations committee;
(b) Three (3) members of the house of representatives selected by the speaker of the house of representatives, with one (1) member to be from the house of representatives appropriations committee.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. ROSS, NICHOLAS, SESSIONS