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Legislative Day Thirty-Nine
By Jason | March 13, 2009
Today is the Day to vote on our State Budget.
Fortunately many of the proposed cuts by Governor Rounds in his 2nd Budget Address were restored. Our Federal Government has been very instrumental in assisting our State through these tough economic times with the Stimulus money.
Unfortunately, our providers which would be nursing homes and adjustment training centers will not receive a Medicaid increase. If we as a State would provide an inflationary increase, those dollars would be matched by about 2:1 Federal dollars. South Dakota House of Representatives Democrats submitted an amendment to give our providers an increase of 1.5%. This amendment to the General Appropriations Bill was defeated on a party-line vote with one republican standing with the democrats.
House Bill 1300 was adopted by the South Dakota House of Representatives. I did not support HB1300. I am not proud of a spending bill that does not provide adequate assistance to our providers.
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