Senate Bill No. 541

(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Buckalew,

By Request of the Executive)

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[Introduced February 13, 1998; referred to

the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL making a supplementary appropriation from the balance of moneys remaining unappropriated for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, in the department of health and human resources -- division of human services -- health care provider tax, account no. fund 5090, fiscal year 1998, organization 0511, supplementing and amending the appropriation for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight.

Whereas, The governor has established that there now remains an unappropriated balance in the department of health and human resources -- division of human services -- health care provider tax, account no. fund 5090, fiscal year 1998, organization 0511, available for expenditure during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight; therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, to account no. fund 5090, fiscal year 1998, organization 0511, be supplemented and amended by increasing the total appropriation by two million nine hundred ninety-eight thousand eight hundred twenty-three dollars in the line item as follows:
TITLE II--APPROPRIATIONS.

Sec. 3. Appropriations from other funds.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

AND HUMAN RESOURCES

129--Division of Human Services--

Health Care Provider Tax

(WV Code Chapter 11)

Account No.

Fund 5090 FY 1998 Org 0511

Act- Other
ivity Funds
1 Unclassified099 $2,998,823
The purpose of this supplementary appropriation bill is to supplement this account in the budget act for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, by adding two million nine hundred ninety-eight thousand eight hundred twenty-three dollars to the existing appropriation for unclassified to match federal funds to pay medicaid providers for expenditure during the fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight.