An important part of the state budget process is budget amendments. To secure changes to the budget, CCAO is asking members to request that their Representatives submit the following amendments by the March 14 deadline.
HC-0401: Increases the user fee that generates revenue for Next Generation 9-1-1 to $1.00 per month
HC-1087: Appropriates $43 million in SFY 2026 and $50 million in SFY 2027 for county indigent defense cost reimbursement. The amendment also provides funding for a performance audit of the indigent defense system and removes reimbursement rate caps.
HC-0034: Appropriates $20 million in SFY 2026 to expand middle-mile broadband infrastructure along Route 30.
HC-0791: Directs 5% of the adult-use marijuana excise tax revenue (appropriated at $14.5 million in each fiscal year) for grants to county prosecutors for victim assistance. It reallocates the 5% away from expungement requests.
HC-0482: Appropriates an additional $10 million in each fiscal year for Senior Community Services.
HC-0681: Requires that at least $46 million in each fiscal year from ALI 600521, Family Assistance - Local, be provided to county departments of job and family services to administer food assistance and disability assistance programs. NOTE: this is NOT an appropriation increase.
HC-0682: Requires that funds distributed by the Department of Medicaid based on performance criteria be distributed quarterly, instead of not later than 45 days after the end of the quarter.
Also requires the Department to establish performance criteria by August 15, 2025, for SFY 2026 and by June 30, 2026, for SFY 2027, and requires the Department to communicate the criteria to county departments of job and family services.
HC-0690: Appropriates an additional $10 million in each fiscal year to be provided to county departments of job and family services to operate the SNAP Employment and Training program.
HC-0196: Appropriates an additional $6.5 million in each fiscal year to support county Family and Children First Councils.
HC-1320: Adds that children and youth determined by a PCSA to be at risk of being in the agency's custody to be eligible for placement in a regional child wellness campus.