The report of the departments must include recommendations on the following issues:

A. Guiding principles for expanding eligibility to include consumers who use a surrogate to perform management tasks the consumer would otherwise perform; and

B. Actions to encourage the use of consumer-directed options by promoting consideration of the use of surrogacy as the choice for appropriate consumers.

The departments may not expand the programs to include consumers who use surrogates to perform management tasks the consumers would otherwise perform themselves until the report required in this subsection has been submitted and the per capita costs of the programs are at levels that allow the programs to operate within legislative appropriations and allocations.

Sec. WW-6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Transfers funds from the Department of Labor, Rehabilitation Services - Medicaid General Fund program to the Medical Care - Payments to Providers program.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $0 $5,420,320

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General Fund Total $0 $5,420,320

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147