HB156 Alabama 2018 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve ClouseRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

General Fund budget, appropriations for other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

Summary

HB156 is Alabama's FY2019 General Fund and earmarked funds budget act that allocates money to the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and to numerous programs, debt service, and capital outlay.

What This Bill Does

It authorizes General Fund and earmarked fund allocations to state agencies for FY2019, outlining program areas and funding levels. It creates a 3% salary increase for state employees with priority to payroll, capped at about $14.4 million from the General Fund. It reappropriates unspent FY2018 appropriations to FY2019 and allows contingent tobacco settlement funds to be used if revenue is received. It provides a large, multi-year funding framework for programs including Medicaid, public health, veterans' services, and various state agencies, with reporting and governance requirements for grants and interagency transfers.

Who It Affects

• State employees and state agencies (receiving a 3% salary raise funded from the General Fund and various agency budgets for operations, programs, and payroll).
• Medicaid beneficiaries and other health and human-services program participants (including seniors, veterans, TANF participants, and recipients of related services) due to substantial Medicaid and health program funding and policy provisions.

Key Provisions

• Section 3: Establishes a three percent (3%) salary increase for state employees for FY2019, with the first priority to pay state payroll, funded from the State General Fund, not to exceed $14,400,000 for FY2019.
• Section 4: Reappropriates unexpended appropriations from FY2018 to the corresponding offices for FY2019.
• Section 6: Creates a contingent appropriation of tobacco settlement or litigation funds for FY2019, conditioned on receipt of such funds and approved by the Governor and legislative leaders, to be allocated under specified sections.
• Section 7: Sets that appropriations are the maximum authorized amounts for purposes listed and require compliance with the Budget Management Act; allows adjustments within the act’s framework but limits expenditures to allocated amounts.
• Section 8: Allows transfers of encumbered balances from the State General Fund to other appropriations to cover salary shortfalls or insufficient funding, subject to Governor's order.
• Section 11-12: Provides for court-ordered payments and associated costs, interest allocations, and discretionary use of interest and other funds, with reporting requirements; includes provisions for state match and federal fund administration (notably for FEMA and other federal programs).
• Section 5 and related Medicaid provisions: Funds the Alabama Medicaid Agency with a total near $7.1 billion (GF plus Federal/Local funds), including specific program supports, cost-sharing arrangements, and policies to expand access (e.g., open access for certain medications per FDA indications for mental illness and HIV/AIDS in appropriate contexts) and to reimburse cost differences between Medicaid and agency costs.

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Subjects

Appropriations