Wednesday, October 31, 2001
Senate budget cuts
The House voted Tuesday to approve the Senate's budget plan. Some of the cuts include:
$117.8 million from public schools
$106.6 million from the state university system, which includes: $742,754 from the Florida State University medical school; and $156,000 each from the Florida A&M University and the Florida International University law schools
$46.9 million from work-force development
$37.5 million from community colleges
$27.5 million by eliminating the citrus canker tree compensation program
$22.5 million from the prescription assistance program for the elderly
$20 million from transportation
$14.5 million from the Tobacco Pilot Program
$8.6 million from private colleges and universities
$7 million by using the KidCare Program surplus
$6.3 million in savings from improved fraud and abuse enforcement activities
$5 million by eliminating a school readiness reserve
$5 million by eliminating the Full Service Schools Program
$4.6 million from student financial assistance
$4.6 million by reducing prices paid to pharmacies for Medicaid drugs
$4 million by eliminating funding for construction of the veterans' nursing home in Charlotte County
$1.9 million from beach management construction projects
$1.7 million by reducing a new nursing home diversion pilot initiative
$1.6 million by reducing rates paid for the physician Medipass case management
$1.5 million from vocational rehabilitation
$1.3 million by eliminating rate increases for physicians, home health and institutional pharmacists
$800,000 by eliminating the Ticket to Work program
$600,000 by eliminating the state's portion of the rural health program
$300,000 from services for the blind
- Compiled by Andrew Dunn from Senate reports