Budget and Taxes Health Justice Policy Areas Reports Lawmakers Protect Medicaid, Funding Gaps Loom for 2012: Analysis of FY 2011 Health Care Budgets June 21, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Lawmakers cut Department of Community Health by $236.8 million and increased support for the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities by 9.3 percent. There are no cuts to Medicaid or PeachCare eligibility; the budget has new revenue from a provider fee to increase reimbursement rates to hospitals. The budget is heavily reliant on enhanced […] Read more » Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities Department of Community Health FY 2011 health medicaid PeachCare Recovery Act State Budget Tim Sweeney
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Deep Cuts to Government Mark Fiscal Year 2011, Budget May Yet Be in the Red June 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The Great Recession has resulted in the worst fiscal crisis in more than 70 years, resulting in multi-billion dollar deficits. Although Recovery Act funds help, lawmakers’ strategy to slash impacts every facet of state government, resulting in severe service cuts as well as layoffs/furloughs of thousands of teachers/employees. The irony is that as Georgia is […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes FY 2011 Recovery Act Report State Budget
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Reports State Budget Slashes Services for Children, Poor, and the Elderly June 15, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Responding to Georgia’s low projected revenues for this upcoming fiscal year, Georgia legislators and the governor agreed to cut $33.5 million in State General Funds from the Department of Human Services (DHS) fiscal year 2011 General Budget compared to the current year’s enacted budget. Download the PDF. Read more » Department of Human Services Economic Security Report Safety Net State Budget
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Health Justice Policy Areas Georgia is Depending on Congress to Avert a Medicaid Crisis June 9, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Georgia’s new budget assumes Recovery Act Medicaid funds will be extended past Dec. 31, when it is expires. The Senate is considering legislation to extend it temporarily (the House already stripped it out of a bill). Without it, Georgia would need to find hundreds of millions in new revenues or significant new budget cuts this […] Read more » Fact Sheet Federal Budget & Taxes health medicaid Recovery Act State Budget
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Policy Areas Reports Education Budgets FY 2011 Highlights … And the Four Options for the Future May 25, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff In response to continued revenue declines and limited new revenue measures, lawmakers cut education — K-12, University System, and Technical College System — by 13 to 15 percent for fiscal year (FY) 2011 when compared to the Original FY 2009 General Budget, which preceded the recessionary budget cuts. Download the PDF. Read more » Education FY 2011 K-12 State Budget Technical College System University System
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: House and Senate Improve Short-Term Fiances, but Pass Revenue Drains on Future Budgets May 17, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The General Assembly took some positive steps to address the $5 billion deficit. However, they continued passing long-term tax cuts during this Great Recession ($624 million a year), disregarded other revenue options, and shifted the cost of services onto the middle- and low- income. If the gov vetoes HBs 1023 and 1069, he will prevent […] Read more » Adding Up the Fiscal Notes budget deficit HB 1023 HB 1069 House Bill 1023 House Bill 1069 Report State Budget State Taxes
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Major Differences Between House and Senate Fiscal Year 2011 Budgets April 22, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Both the House and Senate largely kept the governor’s cuts for this current fiscal year and what he proposed for next year in their FY 2011 budgets. This report highlights the differences between the two chambers. Download PDF. Read more » FY 2011 Report State Budget
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Overview of the House of Representatives Proposed FY 2011 Budget April 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The House’s version of the FY 2011 budget balances the budget by incorporating additional budget cuts than that of the governor’s proposed FY 2011 budget. Compared to the pre-recession FY 2009 budget, the House version includes cuts totaling 17.8 percent, or $3.6 billion. In the long term, and in light of billion $ deficit projected […] Read more » budget deficit FY 2011 Report State Budget
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Policy Areas Reports House FY 2011 Health Care Budgets Highlights April 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The House of Reps’ FY 2011 budget cuts General Fund spending in the Department of Community Health (DCH) by $285.4 million relative to the originally enacted FY 2010 budget. In addition, the House budget reflects lost state funding from the Tobacco Settlement and from the Care Management Organization fee totaling $207.2 million. Download the PDF. Read more » Care Management Organization fee DCH Department of Community Health FY 2011 health State Budget tobacco settlement
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Policy Areas Reports Highlights of the House’s FY 2011 Education Budget April 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The House of Reps’ FY 2011 budget cuts K-12, University System, and Technical Colleges — by an additional $318 million more than the governor’s January proposal. It increases funds for Pre-K. Accounting for inflation, per student state funding for K-12 will drop to its lowest point in a decade, even after include Recovery Act funds. […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Education FY 2011 K-12 State Budget Technical Colleges University System
