| House Changes to Senate-Passed: | |
| 1. Executive Revisions. The House incorporated revisions recently recommended by the Governor to account for payroll and actuarial adjustments. | (10,990,500) |
| 2. Training. The House eliminated an increase in training which would have provided an additional new employee school for corrections officers. | (1,000,000) |
| 3. Worker's Compensation. The Executive and Senate reduced this line by $2.55 million to bring it in line with current year expenditures. The House further reduced it by $1.3 million. | (1,300,000) |
| 4. Sheriff's Coordinating and Training Office. The House reduces this line to more accurately reflect anticipated state restricted revenue from the local officers training fund. | (3,000,000) |
| 5. Michigan Youth Correctional Facility. The House reduced the appropriation for the management contract in order to accurately reflect the contractual per diem payment. | (150,000) |
| 6. Consent Decrees. The House reduced multiple consent decree lines based on historical spending and the assumption of changing staff needs related to the conversion of the Huron Valley Center and Huron Valley Men's Facility. | (3,500,000) |
| 7. Pharmaceutical Savings. The House assumes additional savings to be achieved through privatization of pharmacy services ($2.0 million) and a statutory change allowing the redistribution of unused pharmaceuticals ($1.6 million). | (3,600,000) |
| 8. Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment. The Senate put a $100 placeholder in this line item. The Executive revised its recommendation for fully funding the new program from $5,863,000 to $2,300,000 based on the results from a seroprevalence study. The House restored half of the Executive's revised recommendation. | 1,149,900 |
| 9. Academic/Vocational Programs. The House restored half of the $5.0 million reduction made by the Senate to academic and vocational programs. | 2,500,000 |
| 10. Substance Abuse Testing and Treatment. The House restored $5.0 million of the GF/GP reduction made by the Senate to substance abuse programming, but also reduced the line by $2,019,900 to reflect the loss of Federal Residential Substance Abuse (RSAT) grant funding. | 2,980,100 |
| Total Changes | ($16,912,600) |
| FY 2004-05 House-Passed Gross Appropriation | $1,787,706,300 |
| Changes from FY 2004-05 Senate-Passed: |
| 1. Hiring Freeze. The House replaced "shall" with "may" in "The state budget director may grant exceptions to this hiring freeze" as well as other technical changes. (Section 205) |
| 2. Buy Local. The House adds intent language that correctional facilities purchase goods and services in their local markets if economically feasible. (Section 209a) |
| 3. Young Offender Work Group. The House adds new language requiring the DOC to create a workgroup with the Supreme Court, Family Independence Agency, and other representatives to examine sentencing practices with regard to offenders under the age of 18 who are convicted of adults as well as the impact of housing lower security level, young offenders in the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility, which is maximum security. It requires a report of the group's findings by April 1, 2005. (Section 215a) |
| 4. Contingency Funds. The House includes contingency fund transfer language recommended by the Executive. (Section 225) |
| 5. Parole/Probation Agent Workload study. The House includes new language requiring the DOC to conduct a study of parole/probation agent workloads and to make recommendations for changes in workload computations and ratios. It requires a report by April 1, 2005 of the progress of the study including timelines, objectives, and methodology. (Section 601a) |
| 6. Parole/Probation Agent Personal Information. The House includes new language requiring the DOC to implement means by which offenders can contact their agents such that agents do not have to give out their home phone numbers or other personal information. (601b) |
| 7. Pharmacy Privatization. The House eliminates "one-year" in reference to a cost-benefit analysis of privatizing pharmacy services, such that it would be an on-going study. (Section 904) |
| 8. Medical Services Abuse. The House adds a requirement that the DOC report on its progress on identifying and managing offenders who abuse medical services by obtaining unnecessary off-site medical care. (Section 906(2)) |
| 9. Braille Transcription Program. The House adds language requiring the DOC to maintain the Braille transcribing service in its current location in the Jackson Correctional Complex at the site of the former State Prison of Southern Michigan. (Section 1011) |