FY 2001-02 CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES BUDGET - S.B. 233 : COMMITTEE SUMMARY

Senate Bill 233 (S-1 as reported)

Committee: Appropriations

FY 2000-01 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation $529,756,600
Changes from FY 2000-01 Year-to-Date:
1. Unclassified Salaries. 110,300
2. Foster Care Regulation. The Governor recommends a $500,000 fund shift from Federal to GF/GP in accordance with a financial audit which identified unallowable administrative costs that were being charged to the Federal grant. The Senate Subcommittee concurs. 0
3. Records Maintenance and Document Handling. The Governor recommends a GF/GP increase to support a new Document Imaging System in the Bureau of Health Systems to automate the storing, sorting, and recording of files. The Senate Subcommittee concurs. 125,000
4. Remonumentation Grants. The Governor recommends an increase in restricted fund spending authority to expedite the replacement of U.S. public land survey corners. The Senate Subcommittee concurs. 1,000,000
5. Budgetary Savings. The Governor recommends a 0.5% GF/GP reduction in the overall budget. The Senate Subcommittee applied the reductions to specific line items. (429,000)
6. Health Maintenance Organization Regulation. The Governor recommends transferring the regulation of the managed health care plans from the Department of Community Health, pursuant to P.A. 252 of 2000. The Senate Subcommittee concurs. 595,500
7. Fire Safety. The Governor recommends an increase in the per bed Fire Safety Inspection fees charged to hospitals and the plan review fees charged to hospitals and schools which will generate $623,300 in additional restricted revenue. Of this restricted revenue, $207,100 will be matched with $101,800 Federal and GF/GP and will be used to open a new Fire Safety Office in Southeast Michigan with 4.0 additional FTEs. The Senate Subcommittee concurs with the Governor on the plan review fee increase but recommends maintaining the per bed fee at the current year level and increasing the GF/GP by $127,000 to fund the southeast office. 308,900
8. Chief Carnival Ride Inspector. The Governor recommends an increase in restricted funding for this new position. The Senate Subcommittee concurs. 90,000
9. Fire Protection Grants. The Senate Subcommittee recommends a restricted fund increase for this line. 2,000,000
10. Video Monitoring Equipment. The Senate Subcommittee recommends this new grant line for the Oakland County Sheriff's Department and the Wayne County Sheriff's Department. 70,000
11. Economic Adjustments. 9,734,200
12. Other Changes. The Governor recommends adjustments to various Federal, restricted and private fund sources. (5,660,200)
13. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. The Subcommittee Recommendation is $2,070,000 Gross and $197,000 GF/GP over the Governor's Recommendation.
Total Changes 7,944,700
FY 2001-02 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Gross Appropriation $537,701,300


FY 2001-02 CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES BUDGET - BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS
Changes from FY 2000-01 Year-to-Date:
1. General Sections. The Governor recommends the deletion of the following sections: Privatization, Purchase of Foreign Goods, Deprived and Depressed, Notification of Grants, Affirmative Action. The Senate Subcommittee recommended maintaining current year language.
2. Hiring Freeze Language. The Governor recommended adding more specific exception language and deleting the exception for positions funded with Federal or restricted funds. The Senate concurred with the Governor's changes and added an exception for any positions created by the Legislature in this Act or in P.A. 293 of 2000. (Sec. 205)
3. Arts and Cultural Grants. The Governor recommends deleting the language requiring the Council to implement the Auditors recommendations and to provide a progress report on implementation of those recommendations. The Senate Subcommittee concurs with the Governor. (Sec. 306)
4. Fire Safety Fees. The Governor recommends an increase in these per bed annual fees charged to hospitals and plan review fees charged to hospitals and schools. The Senate Subcommittee maintained current year per bed fees but concurred with the Governor on plan review fee increases. (Sec. 313)
5. Nursing Home Quality Care Incentive Program. The Governor recommends deleting the language requiring the department to develop this program and to post the criteria on the Internet. The Senate Subcommittee concurred.
6. Additional Day Care Licensing Staff. The Governor recommends deleting the language requiring the FY 2001 increase be used to hire an additional 20 FTE in response to rule changes governing these facilities. The Senate Subcommittee maintained the current year language. (Sec. 326)
7. Clarification of Survey Terms. The Governor recommends deleting the portion of this language requiring the department to work with Community Health, the Ombudsman, and HCFA to clarify terms used in the surveys. The Senate Subcommittee maintained the current year language. (Sec. 327)
8. MIOSHA. The Governor recommends deleting the language requiring the department to fund a total of 31 general industry safety inspectors, 24 construction industry safety inspectors, and 27 industrial hygienist. The Subcommittee concurred with the Governor but added new language requiring the $224,000 shall be used to hire 3 additional inspectors for either construction or general industry safety divisions. (Sec. 332)
9. Video Monitoring Equipment. The Senate recommends new language allocating $35,000 to the Oakland County Sheriffs Department and $35,000 to Wayne County Sheriff's Department and requiring a match. (Sec. 331)

Date Completed: 03/15/01 - Fiscal Analyst: M. Tyszkiewicz