Healthy People Cost Less – Budget Cuts Hurt Seniors and Georgia!

Eliminating vital supports that keep older adults active and healthy costs Georgia more money. Georgia must find the way to stop cuts to essential services, restore those that provide a safety net for seniors and control future spending with proven measures.  For more information click here.

2010 CO-AGE Priorities Chosen

The Coalition of Advocates for Georgia's Elderly (CO-AGE) selected legislative and budget priorities recently at the July 9 meeting held at Kennesaw State.

For information on the 2010 CO-AGE Priorities click here.

To submit an issue for consideration at the CO-AGE Priorities Setting Meeting for 2011 visit:  gcoa.org/dates.htm and click on Priority Setting Process.  Deadline for submission is May 27, 2010.

 

Budget Update

 

HB 948: State Fiscal Year July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011 Budget

Legislators adopted a final budget for FY 2011 on the 40^th day. The big picture is that despite about $300 M generated by the hospital tax and fee increases, state general fund spending is set to be some 18% lower than the FY 2009 budget.  Note:  The Governor has 40 days from the date of passage to sign all legislation and has line item veto power for Budget Bills.

Both the House and the Senate versions of HB 948 included restorations of funding for significant programs.  Aging Services was one of the few, if not the only, areas of human services to receive as reversal to restore funding which was targeted for elimination. 

                  $1,376,718 for non-Medicaid HCBS respite services restored in full

                  $225,000 for Alzheimer’s Respite Services restored in full

                  $177,859 for contract services from the Center for the Visual Impaired restored in full

                  $1,000,000 in Nursing Home Civil Monetary Penalty funds to replace reduced state funds for Long Term Care Ombudsman services for residents of long term care facilities so there is no reduction to LTCO.

                  611,520 in Nursing Home Civil Monetary Penalty funds to replace reduced state funds for Adult Protective Services for long term care residents so there is no reduction to APS.

 

 

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