§ 35-17-1. Purpose and membership. (a) In order to provide for a more stable and accurate method of financial planning and budgeting, it is hereby declared the intention of the legislature that there be a procedure for the determination of official estimates of anticipated medical assistance expenditures and public assistance caseloads, upon which the executive […]
§ 35-17-2. Meetings. (a) The principles of the C.E.C. shall meet within the first ten (10) days of May, and November of each year. (b) The primary purpose of regularly scheduled conferences is to forecast medical assistance and public assistance caseloads. The conference principals can agree, however, to address special legislation or special topics. (c) […]
§ 35-17-3. Additional meetings. (a) Any time during a fiscal year that any principal feels that the recommendations of the caseload estimating conference are no longer valid, then that principal, with the appropriate notice, may convene a caseload estimating conference. The principal requesting the additional conference shall be the chairperson for that conference. (b) If […]
§ 35-17-4. Impact meetings. (a) The caseload estimating conference principals, along with the appropriate participants, will meet from time to time to compare current caseload data with the most recent financial projections as required by § 35-3-1(6). Any principal can call an impact meeting at any time. (b) Following each legislative session, the principals, along […]
§ 35-17-5. Staff support for meetings. The C.E.C. chairperson and his or her staff will be responsible for preparing and distributing work papers before each conference. Each participant and principal will be responsible for providing the chairperson with the appropriate materials for the work papers on a schedule determined by the chairperson. Failure to meet […]
§ 35-17-6. Report of meetings. The chairperson will be the sole source of any public announcement of the results from the conference. The final report will be prepared by the chairperson and distributed to conference participants not later than five (5) working days after adjournment. History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 54, § 1; […]
