| Changes from FY 2005-06 Year-to-Date: | |
| 1. New Employee Schools. The Governor proposed training 695 new corrections officers. Training includes the cost of a corrections officers initial clothing issue, salary for the training, and training materials. As training functions are now consolidated with the Michigan State Police, the Governor also provided funding to pay the MSP for meals, room usage, security, and lodging costs. The Senate substitute concurred. | 8,824,400 |
| 2. Health Care. The Governor added $457,300 for additional Nurse Practitioners for acute case review, $1,018,800 for compliance with the Hadix consent decree, $471,400 to the DOJ psychiatric consent decree for a new Department of Community Health Mental Health Outpatient Team at the Thumb Correctional Facility (TCF), and $331,500 for additional clinical staffing at TCF. The Senate substitute concurred. | 2,279,000 |
| 3. Information Technology. The Governor recommended $1,098,700 to replace the current servers housing the Offender Management Network Information (OMNI) system, and $660,000 for completing the migration of the Department's older database, CMIS, to the new OMNI application. The Senate substitute concurred. | 1,758,700 |
| 4. GPS Electronic Tethers. The Governor proposed implementing Global Positioning System (GPS) tethers to passively monitor parolees who have committed serious criminal violations and have high rates of recidivism. Target offender groups include burglars and sex offenders. The Senate substitute concurred. | 1,670,500 |
| 5. Jail Capacity Grants. The Governor removed funding for county jail capacity grants, which will not be used because expected statute changes were not made in the sentencing guidelines. The Senate substitute concurred. | (4,000,000) |
| 6. Corrections Security Inspectors. The Governor reduced the number of Inspectors at correctional facilities to one per facility. The Senate substitute concurred. | (1,500,000) |
| 7. Jail Services. The Governor restored funding for the Jail Services Unit, which was not moved to the Department of Labor and Economic Growth because expected statue changes were not made. The Senate substitute concurred. | 612,000 |
| 8. Equipment and Special Maintenance. The Governor reduced funding for equipment and special maintenance and replaced it in Capital Outlay. The Senate substitute concurred. | (2,000,000) |
| 9. Sheriff's Coordinating and Training Office. The Governor aligned funding with actual collections, which were less than $130,000 in FY 2004-05. The Senate substitute concurred. | (1,500,000) |
| 10. Efficiencies. The Governor recognized a savings of $2,731,000 for Field Operations due to the implementation of a reorganization plan. Egeler Correctional Facility also achieved organizational efficiencies for a reduction of $268,700. The Senate substitute concurred. | (2,999,700) |
| 11. Economic Adjustments. The Governor recommended increases for salaries, insurances, retirement, building occupancy charges, food, and fuel as well as savings in workers compensation. The Senate substitute concurred. | 84,026,400 |
| 12. Other Changes. The Governor proposed other changes, resulting in a net increase. The Senate substitute concurred. | 143,800 |
| Total Changes | $87,315,100 |
| FY 2006-07 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Gross Appropriation | $1,947,421,500 |
| Changes from FY 2005-06 Year-to-Date : |
| 1. Retained Sections. The Senate substitute retained a number of sections which the Governor proposed to delete, including:
????* ???Section 206 - Prohibits disciplinary action against any employee for communicating with a legislator.
????* ???Section 207 - Requires plans 120 days prior to start of a privatization initiative and evaluation within 30 months.
????* ???Section 606 - Requires the DOC to revise parole agent/parolee contact to protect agent personal information.
????* ???Section 903 - Requires timely payment to local ambulance service providers.
????* ???Section 904 - Encourages the DOC to identify and manage prisoners who abuse off-site medical services. * ???Section 907 - Requires that prisoner prescription medications follow prisoners when they are transferred. ????* ???Section 1001 - Requires designated smoking areas for prisoners and staff except within 20 feet of each facility. * ???Section 1010 - Requires that DOC maintain the Braille transcribing service at its current location in Jackson. ????* ???Section 1011(1) - Ensures a sufficient number of custody staff to maintain the safety and security of facilities. ????* ???Reporting Requirements - Reports on the collection and expenditure of all restricted revenues (213), correctional facility staffing ratios (403), offenders who have served their maximum sentence and have been released (408), health care services and payments (902(1)), academic/vocational programs (1007(1)), prisoner educational status and impact of vocational education on recidivism (1008), and critical incidents and assaults (1011(2)). ????* ???Legislative Intent - Intent that the DOC purchase produce from Michigan growers and producers when competitive priced and of comparable quality (212), the DOC work with the Attorney General and local law enforcement in assigning the field agents for Project Joshua (607(2)), and local health care providers have the opportunity to bid on future managed care contracts (902(2)). |
| 2. Deletions. The Senate substitute concurred with the Governor in deleting the following sections:
* ???Section 407(1) - Requires that the DOC continue the reentry programs at Cooper Street, Huron Valley, and Macomb. * ???Section 510 - Requires a statewide list of offenders waiting for Assaultive Offender Programs, and transferring prisoners to facilities with available program space in order to assure completion prior to parole eligibility hearings. * ???Section 1014 - Requires the removal of male staff from housing units in female facilities, a staff person in each facility to assist prisoners in filing a complaint of sexual assault or harassment, and that the DOC contact the MSP regarding any complaint of criminal conduct. * ???Reporting Requirements - Reports on the expansion of MSI into the private textile market (410), mental health and substance abuse services with DCH (504), and youth in the juvenile and adult corrections systems (511). * ???Legislative Intent - Intent that enough nurses be hired to limit overtime expenditures (903), the DOC provide at least one voluntary cognitive restructuring program (1008), and Supplementary Operation Expenditures be used to offset costs of salary increases, contractual obligations to pay dry cleaning allowances, and jail capacity grants (1015). |
| 3. Deprived and Depressed Communities. The Governor added language encouraging the DOC to contract with businesses in deprived and depressed communities. The Senate substitute concurred. (Sec. 217) |
| 4. Contingency Fund Language. The Governor added language allowing the DOC to use contingency fund transfers. The Senate substitute deleted. (Sec. 213) |
| 5. Population Projections. The Governor postponed the population projection report due date from February 1 to February 15. The Senate substitute retained the original due date. (Sec. 401) |
| 6. MPRI Status Reports. The Governor changed the monthly reports on the status and recidivism of released offenders who participated in the MPRI to annual reports due April 1. The Senate substitute changed to quarterly reports. (Sec. 406(2)) |
| 7. Recidivism Rates. The Governor deleted language providing for reports in subsequent years and deleted some language regarding what must be included in the recidivism rates report. The Senate substitute kept language regarding what must be included in the report. (Sec. 409) |
| 8. Parole Agent Caseload Report. The Governor deleted a report on parole and probation agent caseloads. The Senate substitute retained the report and added that the report must also include the projected workloads for the next fiscal year. (Sec. 605(1)) |
| 9. GPS Tether Program Report. The Senate substitute required a report on the failure rate of parolees involved with the GPS electronic tether program. (Sec. 608) |
| 10. Prisoner Education Program Report. The Senate substitute required a report on the DOC's status of compliance with the findings of the August 2005 Performance Audit of the Prisoner Education Program by the Office of the Auditor General. (Sec. 1007(2)) |