This budget brief describes differences between the FY 2015 House and Senate Budget proposals for MassHealth and Health Reform Programs. A legislative conference committee will meet to reconcile differences between the two proposals and send a consensus budget to the Governor, who then has ten days to review and sign the budget.
In conjunction with our new online resource, the Jobs & Workforce Budget (http://workforce.wordpress-442032-1484100.cloudwaysapps.com/), this brief analyzes state support for workforce development over the past decade, finding that these programs have been cut by about a third since FY 2001 (adjusted for inflation).
Last week, the Senate finalized its budget proposal for FY 2015. Our “Conference Preview” describes the major differences between the Senate budget and the House version, in order to highlight the decisions that the upcoming House-Senate Conference Committee will face.
On May 14, 2014, the Senate Ways and Means Committee presented its budget proposal for FY 2015. This Budget Monitor details how this proposal would affect programs across state government, from health care and education to human services and the environment.
This budget brief describes the House’s FY 2015 budget proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and Health Reform Programs. The House budget includes $14.7 billion in funding for the state’s Medicaid program (MassHealth) and other publicly subsidized and related health care programs. The House budget does not differ dramatically from the Governor’s proposal, which included $14.6 billion for health care spending.
Last week, the House finalized its budget proposal for FY 2015. The final House budget, like the Governor’s proposal, makes incremental efforts to address major challenges, but does not make the type of substantial progress in expanding opportunity in all of our communities that could be achieved with new revenue invested effectively. This Budget Monitor describes the most significant changes between the Ways and Means budget proposal and the final House version.
On April 9, 2014, the House Ways and Means Committee (HWM) presented its budget proposal for FY 2015. This Budget Monitor details how this proposal would affect programs across state government, from health care and education to human services and the environment.
Providing access to stable, safe, affordable housing is an important way the state helps low income families avoid homelessness. Funding for the state program that provides vouchers to help low income renters pay for housing has decreased by more than 60 percent over the past 20 years.
Over the past decade, the number of teenagers involved with the juvenile justice system has declined significantly. Among other things, this has meant fewer arrests, fewer arraignments in juvenile court, and fewer kids detained by the Department of Youth Services (DYS) in a juvenile facility. At the same time, funding for DYS has remained roughly level, allowing DYS to provide better services to kids in detention and to provide an increasing array of alternatives to secure detention–which has the long-term effect of further reducing juvenile arrests, detentions and convictions.
On January 22, the Governor released his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2015, which begins on July 1, 2014. The Governor’s budget totals approximately $39.4 billion in spending, $14.6 billion of which is designated for the state’s Medicaid program (MassHealth) and other publicly subsidized and related health care programs.