Governors' Proposed Budgets for FY 2018: Focus on Medicaid and Other Health Priorities
| Appendix Table 1: Medicaid Policy Changes Noted in FY 2018 Governors’ Proposed Budgets | ||||||||||||
| States | Provider Payments | Eligibility | Benefits | Cost-sharing | Community-Based LTSS | Provider Tax/ Other Financing Initiative | Managed Care/ Delivery System Reform | |||||
| + | — | + | — | + | — | Dec. | Inc. | + | — | |||
| Alabama | x | |||||||||||
| Alaska | x | x | ||||||||||
| Arizona | x | x | ||||||||||
| Arkansas* | ||||||||||||
| California | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Colorado | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Connecticut | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| Delaware | x | |||||||||||
| DC** | ||||||||||||
| Florida | x | x | ||||||||||
| Georgia | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| Hawaii | x | x | ||||||||||
| Idaho | x | |||||||||||
| Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Indiana | x | |||||||||||
| Iowa | ||||||||||||
| Kansas | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| Kentucky*** | x | |||||||||||
| Louisiana | x | |||||||||||
| Maine | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Maryland | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | x | |||||||||||
| Michigan | x | |||||||||||
| Minnesota | ||||||||||||
| Mississippi | x | |||||||||||
| Missouri | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Montana | x | |||||||||||
| Nebraska | x | x | ||||||||||
| Nevada | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| New Hampshire | x | x | x | |||||||||
| New Jersey | x | x | ||||||||||
| New Mexico | x | x | ||||||||||
| New York | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| North Carolina | x | x | x | |||||||||
| North Dakota | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| Ohio | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| Oklahoma | x | x | ||||||||||
| Oregon | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Pennsylvania | x | |||||||||||
| Rhode Island | x | x | ||||||||||
| South Carolina | x | |||||||||||
| South Dakota | x | |||||||||||
| Tennessee | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Texas | x | |||||||||||
| Utah | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Vermont | x | |||||||||||
| Virginia* | x | x | ||||||||||
| Washington | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| West Virginia | ||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| Wyoming | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 21 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
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NOTES: “+” indicates a positive policy action from the beneficiary’s perspective; “-” indicates a negative policy action from the beneficiary’s perspective. For cost-sharing, “inc.” indicates that the state increased cost-sharing (premiums or copays) and “dec.” indicates that the state decreased cost-sharing. “*” Arkansas had not released a detailed proposed budget for FY 2018 in time to be included in this analysis; “**” DC is on an annual cycle but has not released an FY 2018 proposal and is not incuded in this analysis; “***” Kentucky is in the middle of a biennial budget cycle and has not proposed mid-year changes but the eligibility change noted in the table is included in the pending “Kentucky Health” Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver request.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Governor’s Proposed Budget for FY 2018, March 2017.
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| Appendix Table 2: Selected Public Health Policy Changes Noted in FY 2018 Governors’ Proposed Budgets | ||||||
| States | Governor Proposed Initiatives to Fight the Opioid Epidemic | Governor Proposed Initiatives to Enhance Behavioral Health Services | Governor Proposed Health-Related Corrections and Criminal Justice Initiatives | |||
| Alabama | X | |||||
| Alaska | X | |||||
| Arizona | X | |||||
| Arkansas* | ||||||
| California | X | |||||
| Colorado | ||||||
| Connecticut | ||||||
| Delaware | X | |||||
| DC** | ||||||
| Florida | X | |||||
| Georgia | X | |||||
| Hawaii | ||||||
| Idaho | X | |||||
| Illinois | X | X | ||||
| Indiana | X | |||||
| Iowa | ||||||
| Kansas | X | |||||
| Kentucky*** | ||||||
| Louisiana | ||||||
| Maine | X | |||||
| Maryland | X | X | ||||
| Massachusetts | X | X | ||||
| Michigan | X | X | ||||
| Minnesota | X | |||||
| Mississippi | ||||||
| Missouri | X | X | X | |||
| Montana | X | |||||
| Nebraska | ||||||
| Nevada | X | X | ||||
| New Hampshire | X | X | ||||
| New Jersey | X | X | ||||
| New Mexico | X | |||||
| New York | X | X | ||||
| North Carolina | X | X | ||||
| North Dakota | X | |||||
| Ohio | X | X | X | |||
| Oklahoma | X | X | ||||
| Oregon | X | |||||
| Pennsylvania | X | X | ||||
| Rhode Island | X | X | ||||
| South Carolina | X | |||||
| South Dakota | ||||||
| Tennessee | X | |||||
| Texas | X | |||||
| Utah | ||||||
| Vermont | X | X | ||||
| Virginia | X | X | X | |||
| Washington | X | X | ||||
| West Virginia | ||||||
| Wisconsin | X | X | ||||
| Wyoming | ||||||
| Totals | 23 | 28 | 7 | |||
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NOTES: This table counts proposed Medicaid and non-Medicaid initiatives to address broader public health issues that governors referenced specifically in their proposed budgets. This table may not capture all proposed initiatives in each state but is designed to provide a national overview. “*” Arkansas had not released a detailed proposed budget for FY 2018 in time to be included in this analysis; “**” DC is on an annual cycle but has not released an FY 2018 proposal and is not included in this analysis; “***” Kentucky is in the middle of a biennial budget cycle and had not proposed mid-year changes at the time of this analysis.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Governor’s Proposed Budget for FY 2018, March 2017.
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