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Table 2. Summary of Major House and Senate

Changes to Proposed Budget by Department

(State Funds in $000)

Department and Description

2008-09
Proposed

House(1)

Senate(2)

Senate Difference
from Proposed

Budget Proposal

28,336,813

28,486,090

27,925,778

(411,035)

DCED

 

 

 

 

Opportunity Grant Program

40,000

40,000

-

(40,000)

Community Conservation and Employment

30,000

40,000

-

(30,000)

World Trade PA

18,000

18,000

-

(18,000)

Local Government Resources and Development

-

10,000

-

-

Tourism - Accredited Zoos

-

2,250

-

-

Community Revitalization

-

21,000

-

-

Urban Development

-

19,500

-

-

Community and Business Assistance

-

2,744

-

-

Economic Advancement

18,000

18,000

-

(18,000)

Community and Regional Development

16,400

16,400

-

(16,400)

DCED Total

 

 

 

(122,400)

Education

 

 

 

 

PA Assessment

58,400

58,400

39,400

(19,000)

Basic Education Funding

5,242,729

5,242,729

5,124,820

(117,909)

School Employees' Retirement

475,295

361,295

475,295

-

Lifelong Learning

-

3,000

-

-

Job Training Programs

-

5,300

-

-

Alternative Education Demonstration Grants

-

17,500

-

-

Classrooms for the Future

90,000

90,000

45,000

(45,000)

PK Counts

87,550

87,550

75,000

(12,550)

Teacher Professional Development

47,056

47,056

30,367

(16,689)

Education Total

 

 

 

(211,148)

Environmental Protection

 

 

 

-

Environmental Program Management

42,673

42,673

37,953

(4,720)

Environmental Protection Operations

104,352

104,352

99,501

(4,851)

Safe Water

-

5,500

-

-

Environmental Protection Total

 

 

 

(9,571)

Health

 

 

 

 

Bio-Technology Research

-

4,325

-

-

Emergency Care Research

-

1,000

-

-

Health Research and Services

-

6,000

-

-

Prescription for PA Hospital Acquired Infections

2,644

4,644

4,586

1,942

Health Total

1,942

Public Welfare

 

 

 

 

TANFBG - Cash Grants

217,394

227,394

227,394

10,000

LIHEABG - Low-Income Families and Individuals

152,684

162,955

162,955

10,271

Supplemental Grants - Aged, Blind and Disabled

149,246

146,060

146,060

(3,186)

Payment to Federal Government - Medicare Drug Program

374,056

377,793

377,793

3,737

Medical Assistance - Outpatient

783,002

770,243

768,976

(14,026)

Medical Assistance - Inpatient

454,406

472,057

470,557

16,151

Medical Assistance - Capitation

2,818,986

2,800,839

2,800,839

(18,147)

Medical Assistance - Obstetrics & Neonatal

-

5,000

5,000

5,000

Long-Term Care

935,037

955,167

955,167

20,130

Hospital Based Burn Centers

-

5,000

-

-

Community Mental Retardation Services

913,159

913,159

922,057

8,898

Child Welfare - TANF Transition

-

5,000

-

-

County Child Welfare

1,061,721

1,061,721

1,069,192

7,471

County Assistance Offices

269,934

269,934

263,379

(6,555)

Acute Care Hospitals

-

9,500

-

-

Facilities Services & Enhancements

8,800

8,800

-

(8,800)

Public Welfare Total

30,944

Revenue

 

 

 

 

General Government Operations

145,696

145,696

138,121

(7,575)

Revenue Enforcement

9,004

9,004

5,888

(3,116)

Commission - Inheritance & Realty Transfer Taxes

7,937

7,937

-

(7,937)

Technology and Process Modernization

10,000

10,000

5,000

(5,000)

Revenue Total

 

 

 

(16,053)

Notes. (1) House Bill 2380 PN 3931. (2) Senate Bill 1389. House bill incorporates May revisions to proposed budget.