Bill > HB460

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, totaling over $1.1 billion from the State General Fund and other sources. * **Department of Health:** $625,079,196 for physician-directed payment methodology and $235,185,599 for supplemental payments to University Medical Center in New Orleans, primarily funded by Federal Funds and the State General Fund. * **Louisiana State Police Retirement System:** $148,771,996 from the State General Fund (Direct) to address unfunded accrued liability. * **Department of Public Safety and Corrections:** Over $60 million for various programs including adult services, correctional facilities operations, and state police operational support, primarily funded by the State General Fund (Direct). * **Department of Transportation and Development:** Over $15 million for various road overlay and construction projects across multiple parishes, funded by the State General Fund (Direct). * **Office of Juvenile Justice:** $20.5 million for personal services, contract services, and operating expenses at youth facilities, funded by the State General Fund (Direct). * **State General Fund (Direct) for Judgments:** $3,400,000 to pay consent judgments and other final judgments against the state. * **Office of Technology Services:** $27,735,640 from the State General Fund by Interagency Transfers for mainframe replacement for the Office of Motor Vehicles. * **Various Local Government Entities and Programs:** Numerous appropriations totaling hundreds of millions of dollars from the State General Fund (Direct) for a wide range of local projects, infrastructure improvements, and community services across the state. * **Higher Education Institutions:** Significant appropriations to Louisiana State University, Southern University, University of Louisiana System, and Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges Boards of Supervisors for various operational needs, enrollment changes, and specific projects, funded by both the State General Fund (Direct) and Fees and Self-generated Revenues. * **Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness:** Over $26 million for debris cleanup, state cost share for hurricanes, and emergency water system contracts, funded by the State General Fund (Direct) and the Overcollections Fund. * **Department of Wildlife and Fisheries:** $6,434,662 from the State General Fund (Direct) due to undercollections in the Conservation Fund. * **Council on the Success for Black Men and Boys:** $200,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for a scholarship program. * **Office of the State Public Defender:** $1,000,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for building repairs and acquisition of office buildings. * **Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District:** Over $1.7 million from the State General Fund by Statutory Dedications for contractual obligations with the Saints and Pelicans. * **Office of Elderly Affairs:** Over $800,000 for dementia specialist resources and senior center operations, funded by the State General Fund (Direct). * **Department of Veterans Affairs:** Over $2.6 million for various programs including contact assistance, veterans homes, and cemetery operations, funded by the State General Fund (Direct) and Federal Funds. * **Secretary of State:** $500,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for elections office space build-out. * **Office of the Lieutenant Governor:** $700,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for the America 250 Commission and administrative purposes. * **Department of Agriculture and Forestry:** $6,500,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for rice marketing. * **Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism:** Over $1.1 million for seafood testing, litter abatement, museum operations, cultural development, and tourism efforts, funded by the State General Fund (Direct) and Fees and Self-generated Revenues. * **Louisiana Workforce Commission:** $6,761,460 from the State General Fund (Direct) for FEMA overpayment of Lost Wages Assistance. All appropriations in this Act are considered bona fide obligations of the state through June 30, 2026.