Bill > SB308

This bill appropriates $14,971,442 for the 2025-26 state fiscal year to the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to implement measures related to federal authorizations for Medicaid services, including health-related social needs and reentry services for justice-involved individuals. * **Health-Related Social Needs Reinvestment Cash Fund:** This fund is created to receive unspent money from General Fund appropriations for health-related social needs. Beginning June 30, 2026, and annually thereafter, money equal to unspent appropriations that reverted to the General Fund will be transferred to this fund. The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing may expend money from this fund for services supporting health-related social needs, as authorized by federal authorization. * **Reentry Services for Justice-Involved Individuals Reinvestment Cash Fund:** Similar to the above, this fund is created to receive unspent money from General Fund appropriations for reentry services for justice-involved individuals. Beginning June 30, 2026, and annually thereafter, unspent appropriations that reverted to the General Fund will be transferred to this fund. The Department may expend money from this fund for Medicaid services for individuals involved with the justice system, as authorized by federal authorization. * **Affordable Housing Support Fund:** The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing may spend money from this fund for health-related social needs that are also allowable uses of the fund and described in federal authorization. * **Appropriations for the 2025-26 Fiscal Year:** * $140,886 from cash funds (including the Reentry Services and Health-Related Social Needs Reinvestment Cash Funds) for personal services related to general administration, assuming 3.0 FTE. * $11,925 from cash funds (including the Reentry Services and Health-Related Social Needs Reinvestment Cash Funds) for operating expenses related to general administration. * $2,218,592 from the Affordable Housing Support Fund for medical and long-term care services for Medicaid-eligible individuals. * Various transfers to other state department Medicaid-funded programs, including appropriations from the Reentry Services for Justice-Involved Individuals Reinvestment Cash Fund and the General Fund for administration and services related to corrections, human services, and local affairs. * **Adjustments to the 2025-26 Long Bill:** The bill also details adjustments to appropriations for the Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services, and Department of Local Affairs to implement the act, including increases and decreases in General Fund appropriations and reappropriated funds, and changes in FTE counts.