Secretary
Referred to committee on Energy and Utilities.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
September 14, 2009
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
1997 Wisconsin Act 27 directs the Department of Health Services to submit an annual report to the Joint Committee on Finance on the previous fiscal year's utilization of nursing home beds by Medical Assistance (MA) recipients and also requires a discussion and projection of current fiscal year MA expenditures and likely balances. Section
49.45 (6v)(c) of the statutes requires that if the report shows a decrease in bed utilization by MA recipients at a rate greater than assumed in the budget, then the Department must propose a transfer of funds associated with that decrease from the MA budget to the Community Options Program (COP). However, statutes prohibit the Department from proposing a transfer that would create a deficit in the current year or biennial appropriation.
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The number of nursing home patient days budgeted for FY09 in
2007 Act 20, the 07-09 Budget Bill, was 6,283,416. In FY09, MA recipients utilized 6,680,034 nursing home patient days, 396,618 days more than budgeted (Table 1). An analysis of patient days by level of care and the average daily cost for each care level indicates that actual expenses exceeded projections by approximately $43,583,300 AF ($15,328,200 GPR). Because of the higher than budgeted utilization of MA nursing home services, there is no surplus of nursing home funds to transfer to the Community Options Program appropriation.
Thank you for your attention to this report.
Sincerely,
Karen E. Timberlake
Secretary
Referred to committee on Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
Madison
September 15, 2009
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
We at the Department of Natural Resources are pleased to provide you with a copy of our annual Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act (WEPA) report. In fulfillment of Section
1.11 (2)(j) of the state statutes, this document provides information on the numbers of environmental assessments (EAs) and environmental impact statements (ElSs) completed by the Department in the past fiscal year.
Questions about the report can be directed to me at 6-0426.
Sincerely,
James D. Pardee
Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act Coordinator
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
Representative Nelson moved that the Assembly stand adjourned until 12:00 P.M. on Wednesday, September 16.
The question was: Shall the Assembly stand adjourned?
Motion carried.
The Assembly stood adjourned.
1:42 P.M.
