By Kevin Lee, Illinois Statehouse News
With the state mired in a record budget deficit, Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday posted a slate of $1.4 billion more in proposed cuts to state agencies.
The list put up yesterday on the Governor's budget website comes just over a month after Quinn approved the state’s budget package for the fiscal year, leaving the state’s budget an estimated $13 billion in the red. “The legislature in the past has gone line-by-line over the budget, decided what agency gets how much money, what program gets how much money. [Lawmakers] didn’t do that (this year),” Quinn said when approving of the budget package last month. “They didn’t want to make any...put their fingerprints on any reductions or cuts whatsoever. They want the governor to do it.”
The state Department of Human Services would lose more than $575.8 million in this year’s budget compared to last year’s budget, a difference of more than 14 percent. The state agency provides resources to the state’s community care network and helps oversee mental health patients, the developmentally disabled and individuals prone to alcohol and substance abuse.
The state Department of Healthcare and Family Services (DHFS), which oversees the state’s Medicaid and public insurance programs, is set to lose $215.7 million or about 2.7 percent compared to last year. Quinn said last month that the state agency would not be losing funding.
Some state agencies will see increases compared to last year’s budget. The state Department of Veterans’ Affairs will receive about $7.7 million more than last year, an increase of more than 12 percent. Likewise, the state Department of Juvenile Justice, which oversees delinquent youths, will receive a $6 million boost, about 5.4 percent more than last year. The state Department of Transportation will get about $1 million hike, a 1.2 percent increase.
With the state mired in a record budget deficit, Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday posted a slate of $1.4 billion more in proposed cuts to state agencies.
The list put up yesterday on the Governor's budget website comes just over a month after Quinn approved the state’s budget package for the fiscal year, leaving the state’s budget an estimated $13 billion in the red. “The legislature in the past has gone line-by-line over the budget, decided what agency gets how much money, what program gets how much money. [Lawmakers] didn’t do that (this year),” Quinn said when approving of the budget package last month. “They didn’t want to make any...put their fingerprints on any reductions or cuts whatsoever. They want the governor to do it.”
The state Department of Human Services would lose more than $575.8 million in this year’s budget compared to last year’s budget, a difference of more than 14 percent. The state agency provides resources to the state’s community care network and helps oversee mental health patients, the developmentally disabled and individuals prone to alcohol and substance abuse.
The state Department of Healthcare and Family Services (DHFS), which oversees the state’s Medicaid and public insurance programs, is set to lose $215.7 million or about 2.7 percent compared to last year. Quinn said last month that the state agency would not be losing funding.
Some state agencies will see increases compared to last year’s budget. The state Department of Veterans’ Affairs will receive about $7.7 million more than last year, an increase of more than 12 percent. Likewise, the state Department of Juvenile Justice, which oversees delinquent youths, will receive a $6 million boost, about 5.4 percent more than last year. The state Department of Transportation will get about $1 million hike, a 1.2 percent increase.
Details of the latest proposals can be found here: http://www2.illinois.gov/budget/Documents/FY2011%20Budget%20By%20Agency%20080210.pdf
You can read Kevin's full report here: http://illinois.statehousenewsonline.com/3874/quinn-outlines-planned-agency-cuts-lawmakers-react/
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