FY 2013-14 HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET                                                  S.B. 192 (S-1):  SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                 House Bill is H.B. 4328

 

FY 2013-14 Senate-Passed Gross Appropriation.................................................................

$6,045,776,100

 

House Changes to Senate-Passed:

 

  1.  Child Welfare Staffing.  House partially concurred with the Senate's redistribution of 577.0 FTE child welfare staff proposed in the Governor's budget.

3,245,400

  2.  Senate Child Welfare Programs.  House did not concur with Senate funding for an adoption subsidy for special needs children, standardized assessment tools, guardianship assistance, or two pilot programs for gentle teaching methods and transitioning foster youth.  The House did not concur with the Senate savings for the Child Care Fund audit.

8,421,000

  3.  House Child Welfare Programs.  House provided a $3 per diem rate increase for child placing agencies and rebased the fund sourcing for child welfare staffing lines.

5,142,400

  4.  Children's and Family Services Programs.  House did not concur with Senate's human trafficking intervention and one-time increase for Family Preservation Programs and further reduced the program lines.  House increased Child Protection and Permanency, and funded domestic violence prevention pilot program and Seita Scholarship program.

(5,700,100)

  5.  Children's and Family Services Administration.  House rejected Crucial Accountability Training and Child Support Enforcement funding, concurred with increase for Attorney General (AG) for fraud prevention.

(2,386,000)

  6.  Local Office Staff.  House reduced local office assistants, supervisors, and caseworkers for public assistance cases by 618.0 FTEs.

(64,247,500)

  7.  Public Juvenile Justice Facilities.  House did not concur with Senate reduction for Maxey Training School and eliminated two of three juvenile justice facilities.

(7,626,600)

  8.  Other Juvenile Justice Programs.  House did not concur with Senate funding for juvenile justice behavioral study, SACWIS database, and in-home community based programs.  House fully funded juvenile justice analyst position.

(6,684,000)

  9.  Low-Income Energy Assistance.  House did not concur with restricted fund source for Michigan Energy Assistance Program, and provided funding through GF/GP and Federal TANF savings.  House did not concur with Senate's Energy Self-Sufficiency Program.

0

10.  Other Public Assistance Programs.  House increased funding for Multicultural Integration Funding and provided placeholder for pilot program to drug test FIP recipients.

500,100

11.  SSI Advocates.  House concurred with Senate's rejection of Governor's proposed increase and eliminated all funding for the SSI Advocates.

(786,400)

12.  Disability and Adult Services.  House did not concur with Governor's increase for Medical Review Team 4.0 FTEs and concurred with increase for Disability Determinations.  House included a pilot program for Centers for Independent Living.

3,922,400

13.  Other House and Senate Reductions.  House did not concur with Senate's Staff and Cost Contingency Fund line, or with reductions to Office of Professional Development staff and Occupancy Charges.  House rebased additional line items.

(41,761,600)

14.  Phone, Internet and Information Technology.  House rejected increases for a $22/month phone charge, broadband, and internet expansion, and did not concur with Senate computer reduction.

787,200

15.  Other.  House did not concur with Senate's unrolling of information technology line items or Senate's fund sourcing for FIP.  House unrolled Federal LIHEAP spending categories.

0

 

Total Changes.....................................................................................................................

($107,173,700)

FY 2013-14 House-Passed Gross Appropriation..................................................................

$5,938,602,400

FY 2013-14 HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET                                                                            BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS

Changes from FY 2013-14 Senate-Passed:

  1.  Centers for Independent Living.  House language appropriated $300,000 to Centers for Independent Living for pilot program in Jackson, Kent, and Midland Counties.  (Sec. 404)

  2.  Kent County Privatization.  House language privatized foster care and adoption services in Kent County.  (Sec. 515)

  3.  RFP for Foster Family Group Homes.  House language required Department to post request for proposal for foster family group homes by December 31, 2013.  (Sec. 520)

  4.  Strong Families/Safe Children Spending Plan.  House required counties to submit spending plans for Strong Families/Safe Children funding by October 1.  (Sec. 524)

  5.  Child Placing Agency Per Diem Rate.  House language provided a $3 foster care administrative rate increase if state law is amended to hold counties harmless for the increase.  (Sec. 546)

  6.  Nonrecurring Adoption Expenses.  House language would allow Department to reimburse for nonrecurring adoption expenses in excess of limit described in the Social Welfare Act.  (Sec. 557)

  7.  In-Home Grant Program.  House required Department to allocate $5.0 million to counties for new or enhanced in-home and community-based juvenile justice services by January 1, 2014.  Required annual report.  (Sec. 587)

  8.  Public Assistance Application Data.  House required quarterly reports with data on all public assistance program applications, and required information to be made available by county and statewide.  (Sec. 656)

  9.  Juvenile Justice Placement and Status Report.  House required quarterly report on placement and status of youth who would be transferred from the closed public juvenile justice facilities.  (Sec. 720)

10.  Juvenile Justice Staffing.  House required Department to ensure that staff employed at closed juvenile justice facilities would receive hiring priority within the Department.  (Sec. 722)

11.  Local Office Staffing Ratios.  House language provides intent for Department to have supervisor-to-staff ratio of 1 to 12 and an administrative support staff to staff ratio of 1 to 9.5.  Language excludes staff ratios under the Children's Rights Settlement agreement.  (Sec. 755)

12.  House Deletions.  House deleted language on psychotropic medication for youth, SSI Supplementation, and Legislative notification of juvenile justice facility closures.  (Secs. 540, 609, and 719)

13.  Other House Changes.  House revised current language on contingency fund appropriations, continuous Medicaid coverage for children under court supervision, transfer of foster children cases to private supervision, SSI state supplement, indigent burial, caseworker policy and assets, and juvenile justice provider of last resort.  (Secs. 284, 506, 589, 611, 613, 686, and 721)

14.  Senate Child Welfare Changes.  House did not concur with Senate language on Child Care Fund audits and notification to the counties, gentle teaching methods, standardized assessment tools, children in foster care for 24 months or more, adoption subsidies for special needs children, transitioning foster youth, and Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children.  (Secs. 501, 502, 509, 511, 556, 590, 708, and 709)

15.  Senate Energy Assistance Changes.  House did not concur with Senate's Energy Self-Sufficiency Program and language to hold Department harmless for funding the Michigan Energy Assistance Program.  (Secs. 620 and 621)

16.  Senate Juvenile Justice Changes.  House did not concur with Senate language on report of in-state per diem rates, in-home community care programs, and inclusion of juvenile justice data in SACWIS.  (Secs. 504, 528, and 587)

17.  Senate Adult Services and Public Assistance Changes.  House did not concur with Senate language on Medicaid enrollment and claims, PATH employment goal and work group, adult foster care facilities staffing costs, disability redetermination, and data reporting.  (Secs. 602, 603, 609, 622, 677, and 687)

18.  Senate One-Time Appropriations.  House did not concur with Senate language on fraud technology, Medical Review Team FTEs, Child Support Specialist FTEs, and juvenile justice study.  (Secs. 1201, 1202, 1203, and 1205)

19.  Other Senate Changes.  House did not concur with Senate language on Staff and Cost Contingency Fund, requests for information, notifications to Legislature for policy changes and overspending, computer reduction and FY 2014-15 appropriations.  (Secs. 222, 226, 250, 251, 297, 721, 1001, and 1301)

 

Date Completed:  4-30-13                                                                                                  Fiscal Analyst:  Frances Carley

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.