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COVID Package for States
A
Good
afternoon
or
good
morning,
everyone,
depending
on
where
you're
joining
us
from
I'm
molly
ransdell
director
of
ncsl's
washington
dc
office,
and
we
are
so
glad
you
could
join
us
today
for
a
briefing
on
the
american
response
plan,
which
was
signed
into
law
last
week.
Michael
next
slide,
we
want
to
jump
straight
into
the
content,
but
let
me
just
take
60
seconds
to
tell
you
our
plan
for
the
next
60
minutes,
or
so.
A
A
We
will
relieve
the
remainder
of
the
hour
to
answer
your
questions,
so
go
ahead
during
the
presentations
and
feel
free
to
put
your
questions
in
the
chat
time
permitting
when
we're
finished.
If
we've
gone
through
all
the
questions
in
the
chat,
we'll
ask
anyone
who
wants
to
raise
their
hand,
who
maybe
didn't
get
the
opportunity
to
put
in
the
chat,
we'll,
try
and
we'll
unmute
your
line
and
and
take
your
questions.
A
A
A
It's
comprehensive,
like
like
the
cares
act,
was
having
everything
from
checks
for
individuals
to
expanding
unemployment,
of
benefits,
to
providing
funding
for
vaccine
related
activities,
school
child
care,
nutrition,
housing
and
a
host
of
other
issues.
So
we're
gonna
jump
right
in,
as
I
said
and
start
discussing.
First,
the
direct
and
the
direct
state
in
local
aid
and
I'm
gonna
hand
the
program
over
to
my
colleague,
linda
dougherty,
to
talk
further
about
that
michael
next
slide
and
then
on
to
the
next
one
for
linda
or
linda.
B
Yes,
thank
you
so
much
good
afternoon.
Everyone
thank
you
for
joining
us
today.
As
molly
mentioned,
the
state
and
local
aid
package
of
this
sixth
round
of
coveted
relief
is
significant.
It
is
as
if
as
significant
or
perhaps
even
a
little
bit
more
than
what
was
given
to
states
from
the
cares
act
so
obviously
a
big,
a
big
huge
help
to
states
and
localities,
and
so
I'm
going
to
break
down
here
some
of
the
main
points
of
the
state
and
local
aid
package,
as
we
as
we
know.
B
B
It
also
provides
130.2
billion
to
local
governments
of
that
of
that
money,
65
billion
for
counties
45.6
for
metropolitan
cities
and
19.5
billion
for
towns
over
50
000
people.
It
also
provides
4.5
billion
dollars
to
to
territories
and
to
territories
and
territories,
20
billion
to
tribal
governments
and
also
10
billion
dollars
for
the
coronavirus
capital
projects
fund,
which
is
to
carry
out
projects
to
support,
work,
education
and
health
monitoring
due
to
the
coven
19
pandemic.
Next
slide.
B
Please
and
of
course,
the
most
important
part:
how
can
we
use
these
funds?
Well,
as
we
know
so
far,
funds
are
allowed
to
be
used
for
emergency
and
economic
effects
of
the
pandemic,
including
aids
to
household
small
businesses.
Nonprofits
and
industries
targeted
industries
such
as
tourism
and
hospitality,
which
had
been
notably
left
out
of
earlier
packages,
also
premium
paid
to
essential
employees
or
grants
to
their
employers,
but
this
pay
can't
exceed
13
per
hour
or
25
000
per
worker.
B
B
So
as
we
are
working
with
treasury
to
clarify
the
guidance
here,
we
are
of
course
happy
to
take
as
many
questions
as
you
can
and
we're
consolidating
them
here
and
to
sort
of
drive
your
questions
or
or
to
focus
them.
Please
make
a
note
of
the
top
three
sort
of
categories
that
we
have
here.
So
what
questions
do
you
have
about
the
permissible
uses
of
funds?
B
What
concerns
or
questions
do
you
have
about
the
timing
of
distributions
and
what
other
aspects
of
the
program
or
statute
require
additional
clarity
for
you
all
to
to
maximize
usefulness.
So
please
do
note
that
and
we'll
be
taking
a
lot
of
these
questions
together,
categorizing
them
and
presenting
them
to
treasury,
so
that
we
can
get
clarification
for
you
and
then
get
your
information
as
soon
as
possible.
C
C
I'd
also
like
to
take
a
moment
just
to
discuss
briefly
state
unemployment,
insurance
trust
funds
a
bit
more
here.
I
think
there
was
a
question
in
the
chat
already
in
regards
to
this.
Fortunately,
the
arp
does
include
another
extension
of
interest-free
federal,
ui
trust
fund
loans.
That
again
goes
through
the
september
6
date.
However,
there
is
some
concern
and
uncertainty
around
state
ui
trust
funds
moving
forward.
As
it
was
mentioned,
we
will
need
to
get
confirmation
from
treasury
department
on
this,
but
just
not
positive.
C
At
the
present
time,
there
are
at
least
20
states
that
have
taken
out
federal
loans
for
their
ui
trust
fund
loans,
and
in
addition
to
this,
we
know
that
there
are
23
states
that
have
utilized
the
previous
federal
coronavirus
relief
funds
for
their
state,
ui
trust
funds
and
in
fact
there
are
at
least
seven
states
that
have
taken
out
both
a
ui
trust
fund
loan
and
they've,
also
utilized
federal,
coveted
relief
funds
to
boost
up
their
state
trust
fund.
So
we
know
this
is
a
massive
issue
and
we
hope
to
get
clarification
on
that.
C
As
of
now,
I
believe
states
will
begin
to
have
begin
having
to
pay
interest
on
their
federal,
ui
trust
fund
loans
after
the
september
6
date,
unless
they
are
further
extended
again
later
this
year
by
congress
and
now
switching
switching
gears
here
a
bit.
I
wanted
to
touch
on
a
couple
of
the
paid
leave,
provo
emergency
paid
leave.
C
C
I
would
still
100
consider
this
a
new
provision,
a
big
win
for
states,
and
this
will
no
longer
be
an
unfunded
federal
mandate
on
state
and
local
governments
to
provide
paid
sick
and
family
medical
leave
for
reasons
related
to
covid.
The
bill
also
extends
tax
credits
for
employer
provided
paid,
sick
and
family
leave
established
again
under
that
ffcra
from
last
year,
and
that
goes
through
september
30th
of
this
year
as
well.
There
should
be
a
link
in
the
chat
box
there
that
can
provide
more
information
from
the
irs's
website.
C
However,
we're
still
waiting
for
the
irs
to
update
their
guidance
around
this
and
just
not
totally
positive
on
when
this
will
be
posted
just
yet
moving
on
to
the
the
next
slide.
Lastly,
for
miami
I
just
want
to
close
with
the
arp's
key
housing
and
homeless
provisions
that
also
build
upon
previously
enacted
federal
aid
measures
that
were
passed
in
2020.
C
These
programs
collectively
received
39
million
dollars
to
help
assist
with
for
rural
homeowners,
and
one
thing
just
to
note
about
this
funding
is
that
there's
no
more
than
no
more
than
15
percent
of
that
pot
of
money
can
be
paid
to
state
and
local
governments
or
can
be
used
by
state
and
local
governments
for
administrative
costs,
and
with
that
I
notice
a
lot
of
information
to
go
through
in
a
short
amount
of
time.
But
I'm
thank
you
for
for
tuning
in
today
and
I'll
pass
it
along
to
my
colleague
trace.
I
believe.
D
Thanks
john
good
afternoon,
everyone
I'm
going
to
briefly
touch
on
some
of
the
small
business
provisions
that
were
included
in
the
american
rescue
plan
and
I'll
start
with
the
paycheck
protection
program,
which
is
a
program
that
I'm
sure
everyone
by
now
is
quite
familiar
with.
So
I
won't
spend
too
much
time
getting
into
the
weeds
on
how
the
program
operates
at
this
point,
but
the
american
rescue
plan
did
appropriate
7.25
billion
dollars
in
additional
funding
for
the
ppp
and
also
with
the
rescue
package
that
was
include
that
was
passed
in
december.
D
D
The
arp
also
expanded
the
eligibility
for
more
non-profit
organizations
that
were
not
eligible
before
and
all
including
larger
501
c
3
and
veterans
organizations
with
500
or
less
employees
and
501
c
6
organizations
like
digital
news
services
that
provide
local
news
and
public
health
guidance
with
less
than
300
employees
per
location,
so
that
eligibility
was
expanded
for
for
those
groups.
Next
slide,
please.
D
And
a
few
other
provisions
that
were
included
first,
the
legislation
provided
an
additional
15
billion
dollars
for
targeted
idle
loans,
which
stands
for
economic
injury
disaster
loans
there
there
with
the
idle
loans.
There
is
a
loan
component
to
it,
as
well
as
an
advanced
payment
component
to
it,
and
in
this
case
the
15
billion
dollars
is
for
the
advanced
payments.
D
The
idle
program
is
ran
directly
by
the
small
business
administration,
as
opposed
to
the
ppp
in
which
businesses
work
through
their
lenders
to
get
that
funding
from
the
sba.
The
idle
advances
go
up
to
ten
thousand
dollars
per
bit
per
business
and
are
available
to
small
businesses
in
low-income
communities,
agriculture,
producers
and
some
other
businesses,
and
while
idle
loans
themselves
are
not
forgivable,
which
makes
the
pbp
significantly
more
attractive.
D
The
ten
thousand
dollar
idle
advances
are
forgivable,
so
significantly
more
money
for
the
advanced
payments
in
the
idle
program
that
is
directly
ran
by
the
sba.
There
is
an
ad
there
was
29
billion
dollars
that
was
allocated
for
a
grant
program
to
provide
direct
direct
aid
to
restaurants
and
bars.
Previously,
restaurants
and
bars
had
been
able
to
access
the
ppp,
but
they
were
hoping
for
a
more
direct
fund
related
relating
specifically
to
the
restaurant
and
bar
business.
D
And
though,
and
one
of
the
last
things
I'll
point
out
is,
there
was
10
billion
dollars
that
was
allocated
to
reestablish
the
state
small
business
credit
initiative,
which
was
originally
created
in
2010
and
expired
in
2017,
and
that
federal
money
is
intended
to
provide
affordable
capital
through
the
states
to
small
businesses,
as
well
as
provide
technical
assistance
to
businesses.
Applying
for
support
programs
ensure
that
they
have
available
credit
options
and
as
of
right
now,
there's
still
some
details
to
be
worked
out.
D
But
as
of
right
now,
the
amount
of
money
that
each
state
will
receive
is
determined
by
looking
at
each
state's
respective
employment
level
decline
in
2020,
and
the
treasury
department
is
expected
to
disperse
that
money
within
the
first
30
days
of
the
arp's
enactment.
So
here
in
the
next
couple
weeks,
with
the
with
the
law
just
being
signed
on
thursday
of
last
week,
and
the
the
very
last
thing
I'll
mention
is-
is
related
back
to
the
paycheck
protection
program.
D
So
the
ppp
has
sent
out
687
billion
dollars
to
small
businesses
across
the
country,
since
it
was
created
by
the
cares
act
last
year
at
the
onset
of
the
pandemic.
But
right
now
there
is
currently
over
125
billion
dollars
still
remaining
in
the
program.
So
if
small
businesses
in
your
states
still
need
help,
they
should
absolutely
still
apply.
D
D
One
little
hiccup
is
the
american
rescue
plan
did
not
extend
the
expiration
date
for
the
ppp
program,
which
is
currently
set
for
march
31st.
So
in
basically
two
weeks
time.
However,
at
the
end
of
last
week
there
was
an
agreement
that
was
struck
in
the
house
of
representatives
small
business
committee
to
essentially
pass
legislation,
hopefully
this
week
that
would
delay
the
loan
application
deadline
to
may
31st.
D
D
Like
I
said,
hopefully,
the
the
deadline
will
be
pushed
back
a
few
months.
I
suspect
it
will
be,
and
there
is
still
over
125
billion
dollars
left
to
help
small
businesses.
So
I
highly
encourage
anyone.
Anyone
in
your
states
that
need
help
have
them
apply,
apply
apply.
So
I
appreciate
your
time
and
happy
to
answer
any
questions
later
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
austin
to
chat
about
some
education.
E
Thanks
trace
so
most
of
the
education
funding
and
the
american
rescue
package
goes
through
the
existing
education
stabilization
fund,
which
has
been
the
relief
structure
that
the
past
stimulus
funding
has
used.
So
this
means
there's
an
additional
128
billion
dollars
for
k-12
education
and
110
billion
of
that
dollars
goes
directly
to
local
school
districts
as
before.
E
There's
also
three
billion
dollars
for
states
for
idea,
there's
100,
800
million
dollars
to
support
homeless
and
foster
youth
there's
about
40
billion
dollars
for
child
care,
including
a
24
billion
dollar
child
care.
Stabilization
fund
there's
also
7.2
billion
dollars
for
the
e-rate
program,
which
provides
internet
connectivity
for
schools
and
libraries
and
there's
another
5
billion
dollars
to
extend
the
pandemic.
Electronic
benefit.
Transfer
program,
so
I
want
to
put
all
this
funding
into
context
and
its
totality
across
these
three
stimulus
packages.
E
First,
the
money
for
education,
including
for
child
care,
is
nearly
as
much
as
the
funding
as
states
have
received
in
flexible
relief
aids.
This
is
a
very
significant
amount
of
education
funding.
Another
fact,
I
think
is
worth
keeping
in
mind
is
that
the
total
money
for
k-12
education
across
these
three
stimulus
packages
is
about
five
to
six
times
the
annual
federal
spending
on
k-12
education
alone,
and
if
you
can
see
in
this
chart,
k-12
students
are
going
to
receive
about
four
thousand
dollars
per
pupil
when
all
this
money
is
distributed.
E
So
those
are
the
the
big
numbers,
but
let's
talk
about
the
uses,
so,
first
with
the
higher
education
relief
fund,
these
funds
are
sent
again
directly
to
colleges
and
universities.
50
of
those
funds
must
be
distributed
to
students
as
emergency
aid.
Colleges
and
universities
are
responsible
for
determining
this
distribution,
but
they
are
asked
to
prioritize
students
with
exceptional
need
and
the
funds
can
be
used
by
students
to
pay
for
anything
that
they
is
considered
as
part
of
their
cost
of
attendance
at
college.
E
E
So
I
think
the
fund
of
greatest
interest
to
legislatures
is
the
elementary
and
secondary
school
emergency
relief
fund.
Let's
just
talk
about
the
structure
of
this
again.
90
of
these
funds
go
directly
to
school
districts.
What's
different
about
this
time
is
that
districts
have
to
reserve
at
least
20
percent
of
funds
to
address
learning
loss.
There
is
10
percent
of
funds
that
can
be
set
aside
by
the
state
education
agency.
This
time
the
set-aside
is
a
little
more
specific
states
have
to
set
aside
5
of
state
funds
to
address
the
learning
loss.
E
So
a
question
we're
getting
from
from
states
and
we're
tracking
is
what
authority
does
the
legislature
have
over
the
esser
fund,
which
is
the
acronym
pronounced
for
the
elementary
secondary
school
relief
fund?
So
the
education
stabilization
fund,
as
you
might
have
noticed,
bypasses
state
legislatures.
It
provides
funding
directly
to
state
agencies,
the
local
education
agencies
or
districts
governors
and
colleges
and
universities.
However,
there
are
maintenance
of
effort
provisions
which
I'll
detail
in
a
bit
that
apply
to
state
legislatures.
E
So,
as
I
mentioned,
the
district
uses
are
pretty
flexible.
There
is
a
list,
that's
included
in
the
bill,
but
essentially
there
are
very
few
things
which
these
funds
cannot
be
used
for.
We
don't
really
have
a
great
sense
of
how
districts
are
spending
these
funds.
The
reporting
requirements
are
pretty
minimal,
ncsl
has
track
how
states
are
using
these
funds,
and
I
will
drop
a
link
to
our
state
tracking
in
the
chat
here
in
a
bit.
E
We
do
know
that,
with
this
funding
package,
the
districts
have
at
least
until
september
of
2023
to
obligate
these
funds,
but
they
may
have
more
than
a
year
to
spend
them.
In
fact,
actually,
if
the
district
is
clever,
they
can
stretch
these
funds
out
into
2026,
so
this
education
funding
may
be
available
for
a
number
of
years.
E
So,
finally,
I
think
this
question
over
state
legislative
authority
is
really
put
into
relief
when
you
consider
that
there
are
12
state
level,
maintenance
and
effort
requirements
included
over
these
three
packages.
So
for
all
these
maintenance
of
effort
provisions,
the
comparative
baseline
for
state
spending
on
both
k-12
and
higher
education
is
its
pre-pandemic
spending
averaged
across
fiscal
year,
17
and
19..
E
So
in
the
cares,
acts
states
needed
to
spend
the
same
aggregate
amounts
as
for
k-12
and
higher
education,
as
they
did
in
those
years,
but
for
the
american
rescue
plan,
states
need
to
spend
the
same
proportional
amounts
on
higher
ed
and
k-12
compared
to
their
total
budget.
So,
typically,
a
maintenance
of
effort
is
meant
to
prevent
decreases
and
if
states
are
seeing
revenue
declines.
This
proportional
moe
can
be
helpful.
However,
if
states
budgets
are
increasing,
which
some
are
this
proportional
moa
may
actually
require
states
to
increase
spending
over
the
prior
fiscal
year.
E
So
the
secretary
of
education,
we
know,
can
waive
moe
provisions,
but
it
remains
to
be
seen.
I
think
how
this
department
will
apply
that
waiver
process
and
we're
not
expecting
imminent
guidance
again
the
first
possible
time
for
states
to
apply
for
waivers
for
fiscal
year.
20
is
expected
to
be
this
fall.
There
is
also
a
state
maintenance
of
equity
provision
which
is
new,
and
this
essentially
and
there's
also
a
local
maintenance
of
equity
provision
on
the
state
maintenance
of
equity
provision,
which
applies
to
both
fiscal
year
22
and
23..
E
The
goal
is
to
prevent
disproportional
cuts
to
essentially
the
50
of
districts
that
serve
the
highest
percentage
of
low-income
students
and
another
provision.
Attempts
to
prevent
the
20
of
districts
that
deserve
the
highest
percentage
of
low-income
students
from
having
their
per
pupil
funding
cut
below
fiscal
year
2019..
E
So
this
could
potentially
be
burden
burdensome
to
states,
but
given
healthy
state
budgets
and
the
amount
of
state
and
education
aid,
we
think
that
these
will
be
workable,
but,
of
course,
are
ready
to
take
up
any
issues
with
the
department
of
education,
so
that
is
an
overview
of
the
stimulus
funding
for
education
and
how
that
relates
to
state
legislatures.
So
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
my
colleague
haley,
who
will
address
the
health
issues
and
stimulus.
F
Thanks
austin
good
afternoon
morning
to
everyone
thanks
for
joining
us,
so
I'm
gonna
go
over.
This
is
a
couple
just
a
quick
snapshot
of
the
health
funding
that
was
included
in
the
package,
a
lot
of
emphasis
on
things
like
vaccine
distribution
and
administration,
enhancing,
supporting
building
out
different
public
health
work,
support
for
health
workforce
also,
looking
at
funding
for
indian
health
service,
I'm
in
quite
a
few
different
provisions
regarding
mental
health
and
substance,
use
disorder,
treatment
and
access
for
the
full
breakdown
of
all
the
health
and
human
services
funding.
F
That
is
in
the
summary
sheet
that
molly
shared.
But
if
you
have
additional
questions,
let
us
know
and
michael
could
you
go
on
the
next
side?
Please,
and
this
is
a
breakdown
of
the
human
services
funding
piece
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
child
care
piece
on
my
final
slide,
but
again
kind
of
funding
that
we've
seen
throughout
a
few
of
the
several
packages
kind
of
similar
areas
where
funding
is
going
in
and
we
have
gotten
some
updates
for
some
of
these.
F
What
states
will
be
receiving
in
the
ffis
spreadsheet
that
is
shared,
so
some
things
have
gone
out.
Some
things
we're
still
waiting
to
get
numbers,
but
again,
looking
at
human
services
aside,
other
things
like
dealing
with
early
childhood
home,
visiting
substance,
abuse,
block,
grant
family
violence
prevention
services
act,
and
this
is
just
kind
of
a
snapshot,
because
we
are
a
little
bit
limited
on
time
to
present,
you
can
see
the
full
funding
breakdown
in
our
summary
sheet.
So
next
slide.
Please.
F
So
the
among
the
provisions
that
were
in
the
bill
touched
on
a
couple
different
areas
in
medicaid,
medicare,
health,
insurance
and
child
care
on
the
child
care
piece,
and
if
people
have
additional
questions,
my
colleague
margaret
weil
is
on
the
line
today,
she's.
What
we
do
know
we're
happy
to
have
her
answer
in
the
chat
or
we
may
need
to
follow
up,
but,
like
I
showed
everyone
on
the
previous
slide,
the
child
care
development
block
grant,
which
is
one
of
the
largest
block
grants
that
provides
states.
F
Funding
for
child
care,
did
receive
pretty
significant
additional
funding
at
25
billion
dollars,
and
then
there
was
also
funding
for
child
care.
Stabilization
grants
as
well,
so
that
funding
like,
I
said,
we're
starting
to
get
numbers
by
see
that
from
the
chat
previously,
some
people
had
more
detailed
questions.
What
we
can
answer
today,
we
will
and
then
we'll
take
note
of
folks
that
we
don't
have
a
full
answer
for
and
we'll
get
back
to
you
on
the
medicaid
piece.
F
A
couple
of
things
that
were
included
were
around
providing
states
the
ability
that,
if
they
wanted
to
expand
their
affordable,
affordable
care
market
place.
If
they
wanted
to
expand
that,
I'm
sorry
if
they
want
to
spend
the
medicaid
marketplace
that
they
could
do
so
and
receive
a
five
percent
f
map
increase.
It
just
has
to
follow
the
guidelines
of
the
affordable
care
act
when
you
do
an
expansion
with
the
population
and
what
that
would
entail.
F
F
F
In
terms
of
you
know
the
qualifying
activities,
we
have
a
little
bit
more
information
in
our
summary
on
that
and
we're
happy
to
follow
up
with
folks
after
as
well,
there
was
also
an
included
in
the
bill.
Fmap
increase
for
mobile
crisis
units
and
substance
use
disorder,
treatment,
increasing
f
map
to
states
that
want
to
apply
for
up
to
85
percent.
F
So
we
have
a
few
details
like
that,
but
I
know
we've
gotten
quite
a
few
questions
on.
How
can
our
state
apply?
When
do
we
need
to
apply
by
so
on
this
postpartum
coverage?
We're
still
awaiting
some
details,
but
in
funding
starting
to
come
april
of
next
year,
also
again
a
five-year
window
and
it's
optional
for
states
that
would
like
to
do
this.
F
The
health
insurance
piece
there
was
quite
a
few
additions.
So
for
limited
time,
if
people
have
more
questions
again,
we
can
chat
here
or
after
for
folks
that
are
unemployed
through
september
of
2021,
they
can
receive
premium
coverage
for
health
plans
and
employers
and
health
insurance
plans
can
get
a
premium
tax
credit
for
providing
that
once
someone
is,
if
say,
they're
on
that
coverage
and
they
do
get
a
they
do
employment,
they're
able
to
buy
coverage
or
it's
provided
they
have
to
just
notify
the
planner
there's
a
financial
penalty
for
that.
F
Some
of
the
ac
coverage
and
molly
sharing
this
in
the
chat
too,
is
kind
of
changing
what
people
could
qualify
for
premium
so,
depending
on
your
household
income
level,
shared
income
in
a
household
and
a
family,
this
could
potentially
change
how
much
premium
credit
that
you
could
get
and
a
lot
of
people
are
asking.
When
does
this
start?
F
What,
if
I'm
already
enrolled,
if
you're
already
enrolled
in
a
marketplace
plan
you
can
go
in
on
april,
1st
and
change
and
see
if
you,
if
you
have
a
different
qualifying
status
for
premium,
so
that
could
update
how
much
you're
paying?
If
you
could
change
to
a
different
plan
and
be
paying
different
amounts
on
deductibles,
you
could
qualify
for
a
plan
that
covers
a
lot
more,
but
you're
not
paying
quite
as
much
as
you
were,
or
you
can
keep
the
same
plan.
F
So
there
is
a
little
bit
of
detail
being
worked
out,
but
effectively
it's
being
recommended
go
in
now,
because
there's
a
special
enrollment
period
that
was
opened
up
and
see
what
would
qualify
the
qualification
on
income.
It
ranges
from
100
to
400
percent
of
fpl
federal
poverty
level,
and
so
that
will
help
kind
of
determine
the
premiums
as
well
and
then
there's
also
a
cap.
So
if
a
household
applies
and
they
have
a
premium,
the
cap
is
now
will
not
be
any
more
than
8.5
of
the
joint
household
income
as
well.
F
If
someone
is
taken
to
an
emergency
room
using
an
ambulance
and
they
are
being
reimbursed
by
medicare,
it
can
be
waived
if
they
don't
follow
exact
cover
19
protocol
to
use
that
emergency
service,
so
kind
of
just
some
small.
You
know
more
nuanced
provisions
in
there
also
sets
up
a
world
provider
health
fund
at
8.5
billion
and
the
other
medicare
piece
is
looking
at
disproportionate
share
hospitals
and
the
payments
that
they
receive.
F
So
health
and
human
services
will
have
to
go
in
and
assess
that
if
a
state
was
able
to
make
those
payments
and
meet
them
without
that
increased
medicaid
fmap
that
came
out
in
the
first
relief
package.
How
will
that
compare
to
the
the
payments
that
they
would
need
to
make?
And
so
again
I
I
know
this
is
a
lot
of
kind
of
broad
and
thrown
out
some
things
we're
starting
to
get
more
details.
F
I
can
definitely
say
on
different,
like
the
dish
payments
they
just
mentioned:
medicaid
fmap
and
insurance.
The
insurance
there's
a
lot
more
detail
out
there
right
now,
the
fmap.
If
states
are
interested
in
applying
for
some
of
these
different
increased
fmaps,
we
have
a
little
bit
of
info,
but
once
we
get
more,
we'll
be
sending
them
out
to
our
members
as
well-
and
that
is
all
I
have
very
briefly
on
the
health
piece
and
human
services,
and
I
will
turn
back
over
to
molly
thanks.
Everyone.
A
A
A
I
do
feel
that
you
know
to
some
extent
we're
going
to
have
to
wait
for
treasury
to
give
us
some
guidance
on
some
of
those,
but
I
thought
you
know
or
linda
I'd
start
with
you
before,
throwing
it
over
to
susan.
If
there's
any
other
guidance
you
wanted
to
provide
to
the
participants
today
on
that
you
know
flexibility
and
some
of
the
questions
they've
asked
regarding
the
use
and
of
those
flexible.
B
Funds
I've
been
taking
cutting
and
pasting
most
of
the
questions
that
we've
talked
today
into
a
document
because
they're
all
these
are
all
the
big
questions
that
everyone
has
been
asking.
We've
all
been
waiting
for
for
answers
from
or
are
trying
to
get
from
treasury
in
our
dealings
with
them.
But
I
can't
answer
the
one
question
about
the
special
purpose
unit
of
state
or
local
governments.
I
can.
B
Water
and
sewer
services,
airport
management
and
industrial
development,
so
we
can
do
some
clarity
on
on
the
definition
of
that.
With
respect
to
you
know
this,
the
the
transfer
of
funds
to
these
private
to
those
other
groups
that
should
hopefully
answer
someone's
question
or
on
this
chat
line
here,
but
for
the
most
part
you
know.
Most
of
these
are
all
the
questions
you
have
or
exactly
what
we've
been
trying
to
feel
to
treasury
to
get
clarity
on
as
well.
A
B
Well,
I
mean
they
have
there's
60
days
basically
from
the
enactment
of
this
legislation
for
the
funds
to
be
distributed.
So
we
are
hoping
that
in
plenty
of
time
within
those
60
days
that
there
will
be
some
clarity
from
treasury
on
that,
so
they
you
know
they've
reached
out
to
us
and
other
state
and
local
organizations.
B
So
we
know
that
they
are
trying
to
to
clarify
all
these,
to
clarify
the
guidance
to
get
these
questions
answered,
trying
to
make
up
for
some
of
the,
I
guess,
piecemeal
sort
of
regulations
that
came
out
with
the
crf,
so
there's
definitely
been
more
of
a
dedicated
effort
to
to
get
some
clarity
in
a
more
expedient
time
frame.
But
you
know,
according
to
the
law,
there's
60
days
for
for
the
first
grouping
tranche
of
money
to
be
to
be
distributed.
B
G
Yeah,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
direct
this
question
to
our
education,
specialist,
austin
reed
we've
had
a
couple
come
in
on
the
education
stuff
so,
and
we
had
recent
one
here
on
the
education.
Money
is
the
one
percent
that
the
sea
must
use
for
summer
enrichment,
separate
from
the
five
percent
for
learning
loss.
Or
could
one
expenditure
be
used
for
both.
E
They
are
separate
set-asides,
although
in
practice
it's
probably
both
because
summer
school
could
be
considered
an
activity
to
prevent
learning
loss.
So
again,
it's
five
percent
of
total
state
funds
for
learning
loss,
which
I
would
expect
we'll
get
some
guidance
on,
but
I
would
think
that
that
would
be
pretty
flexible
and
broadly
defined,
one
percent
for
summer
school,
one
percent
for
after
school
and
three
percent
at
the
state's
direction
and
just
as
contacts
those
set-asides
were
because
some
senators
asked
for
them.
B
B
So
the
yes,
so
that
obviously
one
of
the
one
of
the
main
intents
of
this
legislation
was
to
prevent
the
provision
or
the
prevent
the
reduction
of
government
services
as
states
are
struggling
to
to
provide
those
services
that
are
needed
during
the
pandemic.
So
you
know
with
respect
to
that
measure.
You
know
this
is
one
of
the
main
purposes.
G
Thanks
sir
linda
I've
got
one
that
may
also
be
one
for
the
treasury
list
and
I'm
going
to
throw
it
up
to
trace
if
a
state
makes
a
tax
reduction
to
comply
with
state
income.
Tax
laws
with
respect
to
removing
federal
ppp
from
taxation
would
that
be
prevented
by
the
tax
reduction
restrictions
in
the
arp,
if
doing
so
results
in
a
net
tax
reduction
under
the
meaning
of
the
tax
reduction
restriction?
That's
a
tough
one,
complicated.
D
G
D
No,
they
will,
they
will
not
be
automatic
payments.
There
will
be
an
application
process
with
the
restaurant
revitalization
fund
being
a
new
program.
It's
going
to
take
probably
another
week
for
them
to
finalize
the
details.
So
specifically,
what
types
of
bars
and
restaurants
are
eligible
is
still
an
open
question
and
the
application
process
is
still
an
open
question.
D
The
program
will
be
administered
by
the
small
business
administration.
Just
like
the
ppp
program
is
so
they
will
be
the
ones
doing
it,
but
it
there
will
be
an
application
process,
and
my
understanding
is
that
the
funds
from
this
program
to
restaurants
and
bars
will
be
able
or
will
be
able
to
be
used
or
should
be
used
for
similar
purposes
that
the
ppp
is
so
for
mortgage
or
rent
purposes,
certainly
for
payroll
purposes,
for
maintenance
costs
and
and
those
and
those
sorts
of
things.
So.
D
G
D
Well,
there's
they're
still
gonna
figure
out
how
the
application
process
is
gonna
work
specifically
for
for
the
for
the
restaurant
fund.
I
I
would
guess
that
it
it's
going
to
track
pretty
similar
to
how
the
application
process
is
for
the
for
the
ppp,
that's
probably
easiest
for
them,
and
so
how
the
how
the
process
is,
and
the
criteria
for
restaurants
to
be
eligible
is
still
an
open
question.
But
I
would
guess
that
it's
going
to
attract
pretty
closely
to
how
ppp
was
done,
but
we
don't
know
yet.
G
There's
a
lot
we
don't
know
it's
a
lot
of.
It
is
going
to
depend
on
how
how
quickly
the
treasury
department
can
get
us
some
of
this
information,
I'm
going
to
flip
it
back
to
austin
for
a
quick
second
here,
and
would
you
be
able
to
share
some
of
the
specifics
on
the
child
care
money
and
what
it
can
be
spent
on?
Is
that
something
that
we
know
already
or
do
we
need
to
go
to
treasury
with
that.
E
H
Thanks
for
that,
austin
yeah,
so
I
did
put
in
the
chat.
The
main
block
of
money
is
through
the
child
care
development
block
grant.
So
this
is
a
block
grant
that
goes
to
states
that
state
senate
administer.
So
I
think
you
need
to
check
in
with
the
administrative
folks
in
your
states
to
find
more
specifics
on
how
they
spend
that
money.
But
then
there
was
also
this
additional
25
billion
that
were
for
these
child
care
stabilization
grants.
H
A
G
E
Right,
let
me
knock
four
out
in
a
row,
so
let's
talk
about
the
district
uses
of
funds,
there's
a
question
about
whether
it
was
20
that
the
district
needed
to
set
aside
for
learning
loss.
That's
correct.
Every
district
needs
to
set
aside
at
least
20
of
their
funds
to
address
learning
loss,
and
this
is
on
top
of
the
five
percent
set
aside
that
the
state
has
to
engage
in
to
address
learning
loss.
E
So
you
combine
the
district
set
aside
and
the
state
set
aside
at
the
national
level,
there's
at
least
28
billion
dollars
that
have
been
set
aside
to
address
learning
loss,
a
couple
other
questions
on
district
uses
of
funds.
Someone
wanted
to
know
if
you
could
use
air.
If
this,
these
funds
can
fix
or
replace
air
builders
in
schools-
and
that
is
correct,
safety
upgrades
are
permissible
use
of
funds
again.
These
are
very,
very
flexible
funds.
E
There's
also
a
question:
are
the
education
provisions
subject
to
the
tidings
amendment
and
the
answer
is
yes
and,
and
the
tidings
amendment
essentially
says
that
carry
over
funds
for
educator
funds
for
education
can
be
carried
over
beyond
their
spend
date.
For
an
extra
year
to
be
obligated,
so
as
we
understand
it,
these
district
funds
will
be
available
for
obligation
through
at
least
september
2023,
but
then
the
districts
will
have
at
least
another
year
to
spend
it.
E
So
when
I
said
that
there
are
12
maintenance
development
provisions,
there
are
four
k-12
maintenance
of
effort
provisions
from
fiscal
year
20
to
23.
There
are
four
higher
ed
maintenance
of
effort
provisions
from
that
same
timeline
and
there
are
those
four
provisions
for
maintenance
of
equity
which
apply
for
two
fiscal
years
and
have
two
problems
to
those
provisions.
So
in
total
there
are
12
maintenance
of
ever
or
equity
provisions
that
states
need
to
navigate
as
they're
making
budget
choices.
G
A
Thanks
susan
and
I
do
want
to
be
sensitive
to
everyone's
time,
given
we
are
about
at
the
top
of
the
hour
I
also
want
to,
since
we
do
have.
Excuse
me
two
or
three
minutes
left.
If
there
was
anyone
in
particular,
who
didn't
have
the
ability
to
ask
their
question
but
wanted
to
be,
you
know
unmute
themselves
and
ask
the
question
or
raise
their
hand.
I
want
to
at
least
make
that
opportunity.
If
anyone
was
interested,
did
anyone
need
to
raise
their
hand.
A
All
right,
so
it
doesn't
look
like
there
are
any
additional
questions.
I'll
just
do.
Excuse
me
a
few
little
wrap-up
comments.
First,
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
joining
us
for
the
briefing
this
afternoon.
As
I
put
in
the
chat
there,
you
can
email
me
directly
or
any
of
the
policy
staff
who
deal
on
the
issues
we
discussed
today
or
some
of
the
other
issues
covered
in
the
bill
that
we
may
not
have
discussed
again.
A
Everyone's
email
is
their
first
name,
dot
ncsl.org
we
will
make
available
after
this
briefing
a
copy
of
the
slides
and
as
soon
as
we
have
it,
we
have
recorded
the
session.
So
we
will
also
share
a
copy
of
the
recording
that
you
can
go
back
and
listen
to
or
share
with
your
colleagues
if
there
aren't
any
additional
questions
again.
I'd
like
to
thank
you
all
for
joining
us,
please
feel
free
to
reach
out.
A
If
you
have
any
additional
questions
as
our
linda
mentioned
and
susan
as
well,
we
are
working
very
closely
with
treasury
and
getting
additional
guidance.
So
please
send
all
your
questions,
so
we
can
include
them
in
the
information
that
we
share
with
them.
I'm
sure
this
will
be
the
first
of
several
briefings.
We
will
do
moving
forward
as
we
have
more
information
so
with
that
I'm
going
to
bring
our
program
to
an
end
and
thank
you
all
for
spending
some
time.
Your
monday
with
us
so
have
a
good
afternoon
and
a
great
week
bye.