0192: CONFERENCE REPORT (Date Completed: 5-30-2013) - FY 2013-14 HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET

FY 2013-14 HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET S.B. 192 (CR-1): CONFERENCE REPORT

FY 2012-13 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation.....................................................................

$6,704,093,700

Changes from FY 2012-13 Year-to-Date:
Items Included by the Senate and House
1. Caseload Adjustments. Total GF/GP savings for caseload adjustments were $30,551,700.	(767,237,700)
2. Funding Offsets and Other Adjustments. The budget recognized changes in Federal and restricted fund authorization, funding shifts, FTE alignments, and new FMAP rate.	(15,087,100)
3. Governor's Programs. The budget funded FIP time limit exemptions, local juvenile justice services, fraud prevention, unclassified salaries, and State supplement administration.	7,790,400
4. Removal of One-Time Funding. Budget removed one-time program and economics funding.	(74,946,500)
5. Economic Adjustments. Economics adjustments included $4.8 million in OPEB costs.	40,323,600
Conference Agreement on Items of Difference
6. Full Concurrence with Governor's Recommendation. Conference funded Governor's increases for phones, wireless and broadband expansion, FTEs for child support and Child Welfare Institute.	5,882,600
7. Partial Concurrence with Governor's Recommendation. Conference partially concurred with Governor's increase for Disability Determination, State Disbursement Unit, Attorney General, and FTEs for MRT and Office of Professional Development.	6,928,400
8. Targets and Other Adjustments. Conference included line item rebasing, $3 adoption subsidy increase, IDG adjustment, and funded Title IV-E Waiver and Sexual Abuse Taskforce.	45,039,500
9. Staffing Changes. Conference reduced 577.0 FTEs for child welfare staff by 80.0 FTEs, included negative appropriation for administrative staff, shifted funding for SSI Advocates, and concurred with House to reduce Permanency Planning Assistants by 30.5 FTEs.	13,426,300
10. Juvenile Justice. Conference reduced Maxey Training School by $300,000 GF/GP, concurred with Governor's proposed 1.0 FTE Juvenile Justice Analyst, retained public facilities, and continued funding for juvenile justice behavioral study.	66,000
11. Low-Income Energy Assistance. Conference concurred with Governor's restricted funding source and shifted $25.0 million in Federal LIHEAP to Energy Self-Sufficiency Fund.	60,000,000
12. Other Senate Items. Conference recognized Senate savings for Child Care Fund audits, reduced computers by 3,000, and reduced Rent line item due to mobile workers. Conference added In-Home Community Care grants for rural juvenile justice programs and Gentle Teaching Methods for Field Staff Workers.	(13,950,900)
13. Other House Items. Conference reduced EBT contract, Employment Training Support Services, Emergency Services Local Office Allocations, and Family Preservation Programs. Conference funded Campus Coaches, Jewish Federation, Centers for Independent Living pilot, and $3 increase for private child placing agencies.	2,555,100
14. Rejected Senate and House Items. Conference rejected tuition reimbursements, FIP drug testing, Human Trafficking placeholder, DV and foster care pilot, and other programs.	0
15. Other Changes. Conference unrolled Federal TANF fund sourcing, rolled up child welfare staffing lines, and rejected unrolling of Information Technology and LIHEAP line items.	0
16. FY 2013-14 One-Time Appropriations. Total GF/GP spending was $2,039,600.	3,500,000

Total Changes.....................................................................................................................	($685,710,300)
FY 2013-14 Conference Report Ongoing/One-Time Gross Appropriation............................	$6,018,383,400
Amount Over/(Under) GF/GP Target: $0

FY 2013-14 HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS

Changes from FY 2012-13 Year-to-Date:

Items Included by the Senate and House

1. Department Scorecard. Senate and House included Governor's proposed Department scorecard, which must be posted on website and display key performance metrics and progress. (Sec. 299)

2. Title IV-E Waiver. Senate and House concurred with Governor's proposed language to require that any savings that results from the Title IV-E Waiver must be reinvested in child welfare programming. (Sec. 526)

Conference Agreement on Items of Difference

3. Negative Appropriation. Conference included guidelines for negative appropriation and savings target. (Sec. 275)

4. Centers for Independent Living Pilot Program. Conference provided $1.5 million for pilot program. (Sec. 404)

5. Adult and Family Services. Conference revised Michigan Rehabilitative Services language. (Secs. 401, 402, and 403)

6. Foster Care Over 24 Months. Reduced maximum percentage of children in care over 24 months to 31%. (Sec. 501)

7. Children's Services Performance-Based Funding and Contracts. Established work group for child welfare services performance-based funding and contracts. Language on foster family group homes and private case management. (Secs. 503, 510, 520, 533, and 589)

8. Medicaid and Psychotropic Medication. Revised report on Medicaid coverage for foster children and guidelines for psychotropic medication, work group to maximize Medicaid claims, and Medicaid eligibility. (Secs. 506, 540, 603, and 620)

9. Programs. Appropriated $250,000 to juvenile justice behavioral study, $100,000 for gentle teaching methods, $750,000 to Campus Coaches, $30,000 to Taskforce, $1.0 million to in-home community care, and $500,000 to Jewish Federation. (Secs. 252, 509, 522, 587, 590, and 695)

10. Assessments. Language required timely assessments of children placed in state care. (Sec. 511)

11. Recidivism. Intent language to require the Department to work with the courts on juvenile justice data collection. (Sec. 513)

12. Kent County Privatization. Required privatization of child welfare services based on work group findings. (Sec. 515)

13. Private Child Placing Agencies. Conference included $3 per diem increase for private agencies and required Department to hold one or more trainings per month for private agencies. (Secs. 546 and 585)

14. Adoption and Guardianship. Language and required minimum payment for guardianship assistance and allowed Department to pay nonrecurring adoption expenses. (Secs. 547 and 557)

15. Foster Parents. Revised report on foster parents who dropped out of program. (Sec. 583)

16. Disability Services. Conference retained current law on Federal Supplemental Security Income. (Secs. 609 and 611)

17. Other Public Assistance. Conference revised language on Indigent Burial and set an asset limit of $250,000 for eligibility for public assistance. (Secs. 613 and 686)

18. Disability Redetermination Application. Conference established 1-page disability redetermination application. (Sec. 622)

19. Energy Assistance. Conference created Energy Self-Sufficiency Fund. Conference required annual report on LIHEAP spending plan. (Secs. 621 and 655)

20. FIP Clothing Allowance. Revised language to require that $2.9 million is set aside for clothing allowance. (Sec. 669)

21. Job Readiness and Employment Program Goals. Conference established new long-term employment goals for public assistance recipients taking part in work readiness programs. Language also required a work group to determine feasibility of a performance-based job readiness program. (Sec. 677)

22. Public Assistance Statistics and Reporting. Conference required new data and statistical reporting requirements on public assistance caseloads. (Sec. 687)

23. Chaldean Community Foundation. Language appropriated $1.0 million to the Foundation. (Sec. 696)

24. Child Care Fund Audit. Conference required annual audit of expenditures and claims from counties. (Sec. 709)

25. Public School Academy Work Group. Required work group on feasibility of public school academy for at-risk youth. (Sec. 710)

Date Completed: 5-30-2013 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.