Restore Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Program language and adjust appropriation
Biennium
2020-2022
Budget Round
Initial Bill
Half Sheet Number
302 #2c
Description
This amendment restores language that was inadvertently excluded from the introduced budget related to the Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) pilot program, as included in the 2018 Appropriation Act. This language modifies the existing program to clarify that it is no longer a pilot program and, in addition, it provides $1.0 million a year from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families block grant to supplement the LARC program by allowing access to other forms of contraception. The introduced budget also included an additional $2.0 million nongeneral fund for the program, bringing the total amount appropriated to $5.0 million. However, the total funding level required for the program is only $3.0 million and therefore this amendment removes $2.0 million in excess appropriation.