Post by pavel on Feb 27, 2016 5:46:40 GMT -6
The Alabama Senate tonight (Thursday) passed a General Fund budget that would essentially level-fund most agencies next year, including Medicaid, which had requested a $100 million increase.
The budget calls for spending $1.8 billion from the General Fund, about 4 percent more than this year.
Gov. Robert Bentley's proposed budget would have given Medicaid $785 million from the General Fund, $100 million more than this year.
But Bentley's plan depended on taking $181 million from education revenues.
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said there was no support for that, or for raising taxes.
Read more: www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/alabama_senate_debating_genera.html
The budget calls for spending $1.8 billion from the General Fund, about 4 percent more than this year.
Gov. Robert Bentley's proposed budget would have given Medicaid $785 million from the General Fund, $100 million more than this year.
But Bentley's plan depended on taking $181 million from education revenues.
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said there was no support for that, or for raising taxes.
Read more: www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/alabama_senate_debating_genera.html