| Changes from FY 2009-10 Year-to-Date: | |
| 1. Good Time Credits and Related Prison Closures. The Governor has proposed the reestablishment of good time credits as a means to further reduce the prison population. The Department estimates that such a policy change could allow for an additional 7,500 paroles in the first full year of implementation. This action would also allow the Department to close 4-5 correctional facilities. The Governor assumes that $187.4 million in savings would be realized, but reserves $57.9 million of that total for increases in reintegration programming, GPS tethers, and field operations staff and services. | (129,470,300) |
| 2. Out-of-State Inmates at Muskegon Correctional Facility. The Department is in the final stages of negotiating with the State of Pennsylvania to house offenders from that State at the Muskegon Correctional Facility. In anticipation of a final contract, the Governor included $29.9 million in state restricted funds for the operation of Muskegon Correctional Facility. It is anticipated that the State of Pennsylvania will cover the full costs of housing some 1,300 inmates here in Michigan. | 29,871,600 |
| 3. Prisoner Health Care Costs. The Governor recommended an increase of $10.3 million for the Department's managed care contract and mental health services. An inflationary adjustment of $4.9 million was included to supplement the existing managed care contract. $4.5 million was recommended to cover full year costs of the outpatient mental health teams established in FY 2009-10 and $926,000 was included to cover full year costs of the MDOC residential mental health program. | 10,300,300 |
| 4. Reinstatement of Community Jail Reimbursement Program. The Governor included funding for the Community Jail Reimbursement Program (CJRP) - an initiative that had been removed from the FY 2009-10 appropriations act. The Governor chose to reinstate the program with an appropriation equivalent to what had been in place in FY 2008-09. | 12,272,100 |
| 5. Addition of Parole/Probation Officers. The Governor's recommendation included funding sufficient to add an additional 40 parole/probation officers within the Field Operations Administration. This increase in staffing has been requested to reduce the workload of currents officers who handle higher risk caseloads and often conduct extended investigations. | 3,210,600 |
| 6. Increase for Local Community Corrections Grants. The Governor's budget included $1.2 million in additional funding for local community corrections grants. This increase was recommended due to recent increases in program enrollment. | 1,200,000 |
| 7. Operational Efficiencies. The Governor included savings due to several initiatives aimed at improving efficiency and restraining costs. Supply chain reforms drive $4.0 million in savings in food service, transportation, and other related areas. $4.6 million in savings is expected to emerge from drug formulary review and changes in prescribing practices. Additional contract savings result in a reduction of $1.4 million across several areas. | (10,021,300) |
| 8. Economic Adjustments. The Governor recommended increases for salaries, insurances, retirement, worker's compensation, food, and fuel. | 86,849,100 |
| Total Changes | $11,075,000 |
| FY 2010-11 Governor's Recommendation | $1,967,197,800 |
| Changes from FY 2009-10 Year to Date: |
| 1. Deletions. The Governor eliminated a number of sections including: hiring freeze (205), communication with the Legislature (206), privatization project plan/evaluation (207 and 207a), restricted fund revenue report (213), DIT work projects (215), prisoner telephone fee schedule (219), report on policy changes (221), litigation report (224), displaced employees (225), county jail study (230), travel for conferences or seminars (231), canceled Michigan vendor contracts (232), correctional cost savings (233), mental health report (302), information technology report (303), suicide report (305), dashboard tracking system (403a), intensive substance abuse services (405a), statistical report (407), condition for receipt of community corrections funding (415), multi-purpose report (417), performance audits (420), MPRI as standard operating procedure (422), recycling programs (426), CSG cooperation (429), prisoner transition team (430), documents and clothing (431), special needs re-entry bids (433), negative CJRP appropriation (434), judicial data warehouse user fees (504), community placement reimbursement (604), field agent personal information (606), kiosk reporting stations (609), remote alcohol monitoring (613), appearance bonds (614), health care services contract (802), report on infirmary bed opportunity days (804(2)), nursing overtime (808), health care quality assurance report (811), education reports (908), prisoner education program plan (909), Braille program (910), presence of a sufficient number of officers for safety and security (911(1) and (3)), staff ratios report (912), assaultive offender programs (913), electronic law libraries (916), value-based programming (917), offender transportation Request for Information (RFI) (918), food service RFI (919), prison gardens (920), report on closure savings (921), prisoner employment and programming (922), school district education programs (923), report on prisoners with mental illness in segregation (925), shooting range language (930), and cost-per-prisoner calculation (931). |
| 2. Civil Service Charges. The Governor changed the requirement that the Civil Service Commission bill the DOC for the 1% civil service charge authorized in the State constitution to a requirement that they bill the DOC for charges authorized in the State constitution. (Sec. 204) |
| 3. Staff Savings Initiative. The Governor did not require reports on the staff savings initiative. (Sec. 304) |
| 4. Definition of "Success". The Governor's budget did not include the definition of offender success that was included in PA 114 of 2009. (Sec. 409(h)) |
| 5. County Jail Reimbursement Program (CJRP). The Governor proposed to re-establish the CJRP program using a three-tier reimbursement schedule. The Governor proposed to reimburse counties $60 per diem for prison presumptive offenders, $50 per diem for straddle cell offenders convicted of a group one crime, and $35 per diem for straddle cell offenders convicted of a group two crime. In the past, CJRP reimbursed counties $43.50 per diem for offenders who had a minimum sentencing guidelines (SG) range minimum of more than 12 months (prison presumptive) and offenders sentenced for crimes other than Class G and H crimes who had a SG range upper limit more than 18 months, a SG range lower limit of 12 months or less, and a prior record variable score of 35 or more points (straddle cell). (Sec. 414) |
| 6. Report Frequency. The Governor changed the offender population report from monthly reports to quarterly reports. (Sec. 419(2)) |
| 7. Field Agent Caseload Audit. The Governor moved the due date of the audit from March 1 to May 31. (Sec. 601) |
| 8. Physical and Mental Health Reports. The Governor changed the quarterly reporting requirement to a semi-annual reporting requirement. (Sec. 802(a)) |