| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #304 | |||||||||
| Funding for the Transportation Disadvantaged Program | |||||||||
| Requester: | Debbie Stivender | Organization: | Lake County Board of County Commissioners | ||||||
| Project Title: | Funding for the Transportation Disadvantaged Program | Date Submitted | 1/3/2006 2:50:40 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Baker | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Currently the Commission for Transportation administers the Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation Program for ACHA to provide Medicaid Clients to Medicaid for compensable services. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Lake County Board of Commissioners | Contact: | Kenneth Harley | ||||||
| 315 West Main Street | Contact Phone: | (352) 253-6116 | |||||||
| Tavares 32778 | Contact email: | kharley@co.lake.fl.us | |||||||
| Counties: | {Statewide} | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| The agency for Health Care Administration reduced the funding available to the CTD this year for transportation services under the Medicaid Non-Emergency program and,as a result, local governments may be forced to bear the costs. | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| To be able to provide an additional 9328 trips locally as well as 466,418 statewide to the transportation disadvantaged population. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $1,100,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $73,200,447 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | None | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2005-2006 | Amount: | $67,533,919 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $83,000,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | Yes | ||||||||
| Agency | Agency For Health Care Administration | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Yes | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Medicaid Policies and Procedures Manual. | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Lake County Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 12/13/2005 | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||