SACRAMENTO  (CDCAN)  - The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee met at 6 PM Wednesday evening for about an hour and 45 minutes to take action on some of the Governor's budget proposals that will help reduce spending in the current year State budget and next year's budget  and also help address the state's cash flow problem, approving a major 10% rate reduction to most Medi-Cal providers, effective July 1, 2008, and approval of regional center "cost containment" measures currently in place to continue into the 2008-2009 State Budget year.  [See CDCAN Report #32-2008 for more details of what cuts were approved by the Senate Budget panel. (click here)

 

 

All actions that the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee did approve however still need to be approved by the full Senate, which is expected to vote on what the Senate Budget Committee recommended, on Friday. 

 In addition, approval of the Assembly is also needed, with the Assembly Budget Committee scheduled to meet Thursday sometime. 

 

The bills were supported by all the committee Democrats.  Committee Republicans abstained from voting on any of the bills because they said they receive copies amendments late and did not have the opportunity to review the changes. 

 

SENATE BILLS CONTAINING CUTS & CHANGES TO STATE LAW

The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee implemented the proposed cuts and changes in State law by approving the following bills (the "x" means it is a special session or extraordinary session bill and not a regular session bill). 

SB 1x - as amended Wednesday evening (February 13) contains the budget line items with reductions

 

The following are legislative budget related ("trailer") bills, as amended February 13th,  that make the necessary changes in state law where necessary to make reductions or cuts to the current budget or make changes that will make cuts effective immediately on July 1, 2008:  

SB 2x - education

SB 3x - health, Healthy Families, regional centers, developmental centers, Medi-Ca;

SB 4x - human services including CalWorks, SSI/SSP

SB 5x - transportation

SB 6x - general government

SB 8x - Yacht loophole

Note: there is no SB 7x

 

NEXT STEPS

SENATE FLOOR

* The actions by the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee still need final approval on the Senate Floor.where a vote is scheduled for Friday. 

ASSEMBLY

* The Assembly Budget Committee had cancelled its scheduled hearing today and will likely meet tomorrow (Thursday). 

* Assembly Floor will need to approve proposals. 

BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEES

* Legislative budget subcommittees will begin to hold hearings on next year's budget in March through early May. 

 

 

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