| Changes from FY 2003-04 Year-to-Date: | |
| Items Included by the Senate and House | |
| 1. Facility Changes. The bill reflects a number of facility changes. These include the conversion of the Huron Valley Correctional Facility to a mental health/forensic center, now found in the Huron Valley Center (HVC), the conversion of the HVC to a women's facility, and the closure of the Western Wayne women's correctional facility. It also adds new beds to Egeler, Camp Tuscola, Camp Lehman, and lower the security level and double-bunk Oaks. | (6,602,800) |
| 2. Salary Step Increases. The budget increases funding for higher salaries due to increasing seniority. | 12,092,300 |
| 3. Technology Enhancements. The bill reduces security staff through increased use of technology. | (12,808,800) |
| 4. Field Operations. The bill includes a new women's transition program and additional parole agents. | 2,923,400 |
| 5. Prison Alternatives. The bills add parole/probation oversight fees for parolee treatment programs. | 400,000 |
| 6. Transportation. The budget requires further efficiencies in prisoner transportation. | (2,000,000) |
| 7. Employee-Related Savings. The bill adjusts for a Statewide plan for employee concessions. | (46,342,500) |
| 8. Economic Adjustments. The budget includes an increase for salaries, retirement, and insurances. | 143,779,600 |
| 9. Miscellaneous. The bill includes other changes which total an increase of $4,870,219. | 4,870,219 |
| Conference Agreement on Items of Difference | |
| 10. Michigan Youth Facility. The bill includes $17,989,400 in GF/GP funding to replace Federal funds. The conferees also included savings in the management and lease contracts totaling $429,400. | (429,400) |
| 11. Worker's Compensation. The House further reduced this line by $1,300,000. The Conferees agreed. | (1,300,000) |
| 12. Training. The Governor and Senate increased training by $1,646,700. The House added only $646,700. The conferees concurred with the House. | 646,700 |
| 13. Hepatitis C. The Executive recommended $2,300,000 for testing and treatment. The Senate reduced it to $100, and the House reduced it to $1,150,000. The conferees concurred with the House. | 1,150,000 |
| 14. Health Care. The Executive and Senate reduced by $270,500 for efficiencies. The House included an additional pharmaceutical savings of $3,600,000. The conferees included both reductions. | (3,870,500) |
| 15. Substance Abuse Testing and Treatment. The Senate and House reduced the GF/GP support in this line by $5,250,400 and $250,400, respectively. The conferees reduced the GF/GP by $750,400. The budget also reflects a loss of $1,619,900 in Federal funds. | (2,370,300) |
| 16. Academic/Vocational Programs. The Senate and House reduced prisoner education by $5,000,000 and $2,500,000, respectively. The conferees reduced it by $1,000,000. | (1,000,000) |
| 17. Consent Decrees. The Conferees reduced the Hadix and DOJ-Psych consent decree lines to reflect recent spending patterns. | (3,500,000) |
| 18. Special Maintenance. The budget reduces GF/GP funds for maintenance by $2,500,000, but it was replaced by restricted funds in the capital outlay budget in P.A. 360 of 2004. | (2,500,000) |
| Total Changes | $80,352,719 |
| FY 2004-05 Enacted Gross Appropriation | $1,786,182,600 |
| Changes from FY 2003-04 Year to Date: |
| Items Included by the Senate and House |
| 1. Transportation Efficiencies. The Senate added and the House included a new section requiring that the DOC implement transportation efficiencies to fulfill a $2,000,000 reduction. (Sec. 220) |
| 2. Sheriffs' Coordinating and Training Office. Both the Senate and House included language from P.A. 237 of 2003 requiring that expenditures of this line be used as intended by the Local Corrections Officer Training Act. (Sec. 406) |
| 3. Prisoner Medication. The Senate and the House included a new section requiring that when a prisoner is transferred between facilities, his or her prescription medications be transferred as well. (Sec. 909) |
| 4. Health Insurance Reimbursement. The Senate added and the House included new language requiring the DOC to collect reimbursement from health insurance providers for the health care of prisoners who have retirement health insurance benefits. It requires a report by April 1, 2005, on its efforts and the amount of reimbursement successfully collected. (Sec. 910). |
| 5. Education Reports. The Senate added and the House included boilerplate requiring that the DOC complete a report on the percent of the offender intake population with a high school diploma or GED as well as a report comparing the recidivism of offenders who completed vocational programs with those who did not. (Sec. 1010) |
| Conference Agreement on Items of Difference |
| 6. Hiring Freeze. The budget does not include language mandating a hiring freeze for civil service. |
| 7. Buy Local. The bill does not include language added by the House requiring that correctional facilities purchase goods and services in their local markets if economically feasible. |
| 8. Young Offender Work Group. The budget also does not include boilerplate added by the House requiring that the DOC create a workgroup with the Supreme Court, Family Independence Agency, and other representatives to examine sentencing practices with regard to youthful offenders convicted of adults and the impact of housing lower security level, young offenders in the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility, which is maximum security. |
| 9. Contingency Funds. The bill does not include contingency fund transfer language recommended by the Governor and the House. |
| 10. Travel Restrictions. The Senate added new language limiting travel outside the State of Michigan The Conferees adopted a modified version allowing exceptions and requiring monthly reports to the legislature of exceptions made by the State budget director. (Sec. 221) |
| 11. Parole/Probation Agent Workload study. The House added 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 study progress including timelines, objectives, and methodology. The Conferees concurred. (Sec. 606) |
| 12. Parole/Probation Agent Personal Information. The bill also includes new language added by the House 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. (Sec. 607) |
| 13. Medical Services Abuse. The bill includes language added by the House which requires that the DOC report its progress on identifying and managing offenders who abuse medical services by obtaining unnecessary off-site medical care. (Sec. 906(2)) |
| 14. Braille Transcription Program. The House added language requiring the DOC to maintain the Braille transcribing service in its current location in the Jackson Correctional Complex. The Conferees concurred (Sec. 1011) |