2014 Senate Bill 6002: Making 2014 supplemental operating appropriations
Introduced by Sen. Andy Hill (Redmond) (R) on January 13, 2014
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on January 13, 2014
Substitute offered in the Senate on February 27, 2014
Replaces the Governor's requested bill with the Senate version of the 2014 supplemental budget..
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 27, 2014
Amendment offered by Sen. Andy Hill (Redmond) (R) on February 27, 2014
Shifts $8 million in debt service payments from fiscal
year 2015 to fiscal year 2014; the total appropriation is not
affected.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 27, 2014
Amendment offered by Sen. Steve Hobbs (Lake Stevens) (D) on February 27, 2014
Increases the nursing home assessment fee from the
current 4 percent to 5.82 percent on total revenues. This results in
an increase to the fee from $14/per patient day to approximately
$21/per patient day. Federal revenue which is leveraged with the
assessment fee is used to increase nursing home rates by $7.24 on
average per day. Of that, $1.58 per day is directed to the low wage
worker add-on. The remainder is provided to a direct care vendor
rate increase of no more than six percent applied evenly to all
facilities..
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 27, 2014
Amendment offered by Sen. Andy Billig (Spokane) (D) on February 27, 2014
Requires the department of social and health services
to establish 12 month authorizations for the Working Connections
Child Care program during the 2013-15 fiscal biennium.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 27, 2014
Amendment offered by Sen. Steve Conway (South Tacoma) (D) on February 27, 2014
Requires the Department of Social and Health Services to
review current direct care staffing levels by ward at each state
hospital and to make recommendations for staffing levels to improve
patient and staff safety.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 27, 2014
Amendment offered by Sen. Bob Hasegawa (Seattle) (D) on February 27, 2014
Moves $200,000 from the Department of Commerce to the
Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (Board) for the
Board to conduct research and development strategies to align the
aerospace supply chain with other industries that share transferable
workforce skills.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 27, 2014
Amendment offered by Sen. Bob Hasegawa (Seattle) (D) on February 27, 2014
Deletes a budget proviso in the Department of Revenue
regarding the handling of cash tax payments for marijuana-related
businesses, and redirects the funds to Senate Bill No. 5955
(establishing the Washington publicly owned trust).
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 27, 2014
Amendment offered by Sen. Karen Keiser (Kent) (D) on February 27, 2014
Directs the Health Care Authority to begin econometric
modeling to analyze the federal Basic Health Program enrollment,
costs and impacts, and to publish a report by December 1, 2014.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 27, 2014
Amendment offered by Sen. Karen Keiser (Kent) (D) on February 27, 2014
Requires the Department of Social and Health Services
(DSHS) to contract for actuarial work to review and model options
for leveraging private resources to help individuals prepare for
long-term care services and supports. The Joint Legislative
Executive Committee on Aging and Disability will provide oversight
and direction for the analysis. DSHS must provide a report on the
actuarial findings to the appropriate legislative committees by
November 1, 2014.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 27, 2014
Amendment offered by Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe (Bothell) (D) on February 27, 2014
Provides I-732 cost-of-living adjustments for educational
employees and exempts these cost-of-living adjustments from the
calculation of the four-year balanced budget provision for the 2013-
2015 and 2015-2017 biennia.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 27, 2014
Makes adjustments to the 2013-15 two-year operating budget.As passed the Senate, it increases spending by about $96 million, including $38 million for education expenditures. Detailed information is posted on
the website of the Senate Ways & Means Committee: http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/
Committees/WM/Pages/default.aspx..
Received in the House on February 28, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Bruce Chandler (Yakima) (R) on March 4, 2014
Increases funding in the Secretary of State for short
term storage of state records.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Ross Hunter (Medina) (D) on March 4, 2014
Offered as a striking amendment to replace SB 6001 with the contents of HB 2185..
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Eileen Cody (West Seattle) (D) on March 4, 2014
Increases the low-wage worker add-on in FY 2015 from a level not to
exceed $3.15 per hour to a level not to exceed a weighted average of
$4.22 per hour.
Changes the level of funding for the direct care rate add-on, and
clarifies that the add-on in FY 2015 is $3.63 per patient day for
all facilities.
Creates a new rate add-on for support services in FY 2015 at an
amount of $0.85 per patient day for all facilities. The rate add-on
for support services is subject to the reconciliation and settlement
process.
Creates a new add-on for therapy care in FY 2015 at an amount of
$0.05 per patient day for all facilities. The rate add-on for
therapy care is subject to the reconciliation and settlement
process.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Hans Dunshee (Snohomish) (D) on March 4, 2014
Provides funding for an I-732 COLA for state-funded K-
12 Public Education employees, including the School for the Blind
and the Center for Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss, and select
higher education employees.
Increases Education Legacy T A - State by $55,542,000.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Cyrus Habib (Kirkland) (D) on March 4, 2014
Provides funding for the Department of Licensing,
working in conjunction with the Department of Corrections, to
implement a pilot identicard program to assist and prepare offenders
for release from prison and reentry into the community. A report to
the legislature on the pilot program must be submitted by June 30,
2015.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Kathy Haigh, (Shelton) (D) on March 4, 2014
Expands the minimum weekly contact requirement for the
dropout reengagement program funding in general apportionment to
include academic counseling, career counseling, or case management.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Larry Haler (Richland) (R) on March 4, 2014
Provides $4,000,000 to the University of Washington
solely for implementation of family practice residencies in
southeastern Washington in partnership with qualified hospitals.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Dave Hayes (Camano Island) (R) on March 4, 2014
Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
convene a workgroup to examine state and federal audit requirements,
and to submit a report to the legislature making recommendations for
reducing school district cost and workload related to duplicative
audit requirements.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Ross Hunter (Medina) (D) on March 4, 2014
Removes a required increase in basic education
instructional hours to 1,080 for each of grades 7-12 and the
associated funding. Increases the prototypical school allocation
for high school guidance counselors. Adds a state-funded laboratory
class size enhancement and an enhanced MSOC allocation for grades 9-
12.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Ross Hunter (Medina) (D) on March 4, 2014
Creates a joint task force on local education
financing reform to review the use of local levies, local effort
assistance, the small school factor, grandfathered base salary
allocations, and regional labor market differences. The task force
consists of ten members, four from the House, four from the Senate,
the Governor or his designee, and the Superintendent or his
designee. The task force must submit its report to the fiscal
committees of the legislature by December 20, 2014.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Ross Hunter (Medina) (D) on March 4, 2014
Provides funding to DSHS Economic services for
implementing 12 month eligibility in the Working Connections Child
Care program related to implementation of E2SHB 2377 (early care and
education). Specifies that the Working Connections Child Care
program is capped at 30,000 households per month.
Provides funding to DSHS Children and Family services for costs
related to 2 percent quality payments and tiered reimbursement rate
increases related to implementation of E2SHB 2377 (early care and
education).
Provides funding to the Washington Institute of Public Policy to
carryout research related to implementation of E2SHB 2377 (early
care and education).
Provides funding to the Department of Early Learning to: establish
tiered reimbursement rates for child care center providers,
implement a substitute pool, establish need based grants, and other
activities related to implementation of E2SHB 2377 (early care and
education).
Modifies the Education Legacy Trust Account to allow it to be used
for expenditures related to the Early Start Act, Engrossed Second
Substitute House Bill 2377 (Early care and education).
FISCAL IMPACT:
Increases Education Legacy T A - State by $13,511,000.
Increases General Fund - Federal by $65,000.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Terry Nealey (Dayton) (R) on March 4, 2014
Adds a transportation funding formula adjustment for
the skill center start-up costs related to pupil transportation.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Gerry Pollet (Seattle) (D) on March 4, 2014
Directs the Office of the Education Ombuds (OEO),
within appropriated funds, to develop a scope of work and proposed
plan for a Task Force on Success for Students with Special Needs.
Indicates that the Task Force will define and assess barriers faced
by students placed or qualified to be placed in special education
and students with a Section 504 Plan in accessing education and
outline recommendations for systemic changes, successful models of
education and service delivery, and improved coordination of early
learning through postsecondary education and career preparation.
Directs the OEO to invite individuals to participate in the Task
Force, based on input from interested individuals and groups.
Requires the OEO to submit the scope of work and plan to the
Education and Fiscal Committees of the Legislature by December 1,
2014. To the extent possible within appropriated funds, authorizes
the OEO to convene the task force and commence work before June 30,
2015..
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Marcus Riccelli (Spokane) (D) on March 4, 2014
Specifies that $500,000 general fund--state in fiscal
year 2015 in the Medical Assistance program in the Health Care
Authority is provided solely to perform econometric modeling on the
federal Basic Health Program Option instead of for implementation of
ESSHB 2594 (federal basic health program).
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (Seattle) (D) on March 4, 2014
Adds $100,000 for the Washington Civil Liberties
Education Program. The purpose of the program is to educate the
public about: the World War II incarceration of individuals of
Japanese descent; knowledge concerning democratic institutions and
processes; and the nature of constitutional rights.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. David Sawyer (Tacoma) (D) on March 4, 2014
Requires the Department of Commerce (Department) to
conduct a study on the estimated impacts of scheduled reductions to
the local homeless housing and assistance document surcharge that is
used to provide homeless housing services in the event that
Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2368 is not enacted by June 30,
2014.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Joe Schmick (Adams) (R) on March 4, 2014
Provides funding for the Office of Financial Management
to conduct a comprehensive study and issue progress reports on
staffing ratios and safety assessments in Department of Corrections
facilities.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Pat Sullivan (Covington) (D) on March 4, 2014
Increases funding in the Medical Assistance program in
the Health Care Authority and removes the prohibition against paying
a hospital owned physician practice or clinic a higher payment rate
than the maximum rate paid to a non-hospital owned physician
practice or clinic for the same procedure.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Increases General Fund - State by $3,856,000.
Increases General Fund - State by $3,689,000.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Pat Sullivan (Covington) (D) on March 4, 2014
Eliminates funding for the Office of Financial
Management to contract with a data collection expert and a mediator
to implement a process to develop solutions for maintaining public
records access under chapter 42.56 RCW with the least impact to
government resources and operations. Adds funding for the William D.
Ruckelshaus Center to convene and facilitate a collaborative process
to address issues related to public records requests of local
governments.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. David Taylor (Moxee) (R) on March 4, 2014
Prohibits the Medical Assistance program in the Health
Care Authority and the Reproductive Health and Wellness program in
the Department of Health from providing funding to Planned
Parenthood and paying for abortions.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. David Taylor (Moxee) (R) on March 4, 2014
Establishes the Legislative Task Force on the Transfer
of Public Lands with membership from the House and Senate and
support from legislative staff. Requires the Task Force to prepare
legislation creating a public lands commission to administer the
transfer of public lands from the United States to Washington and
address the management of public lands.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Ross Hunter (Medina) (D) on March 4, 2014
Adopts and engrosses the amendments that passed on the floor. Strikes the original bill..
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2014
Received in the Senate on March 12, 2014
Failed by voice vote in the Senate on March 12, 2014
Received in the House on March 12, 2014
Received in the Senate on March 13, 2014
Signed with partial veto by Gov. Jay Inslee on April 4, 2014
Vetoed a number of provisions in the bill, including a $1.5 million cut in disaster relief funding, and the transfer of $ 20 million from the Life Sciences Discovery Account to the Education Legacy Account. For more information, please see the Governor's veto message at www.governor.wa.gov/news/billaction/2014/veto/6002.pdf.