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Louisiana Senate passes budget with TOPS, health care money -- and more taxes

Source: nola.com - Jun 4, 2018

The Louisiana Senate voted 38-1 for a state budget proposal Sunday (June 3) that would fully fund TOPS, hospitals for the poor and uninsured, prisoner housing and nursing homes -- but the plan is based on a controversial tax plan it's not clear can get the full Legislature's approval.

The Senate budget proposal also relies on using $53.3 million in BP oil spill money to cover Louisiana government operating expenses and expects the Louisiana Department of Health can achieve $66.7 million worth of savings by making some programmatic and accounting adjustments in the Medicaid program. That's in spite of the health agency's chief financial officer already expressing concern about budgeting based on those changes.

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