| FY 2009-10 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation | 1,998,621,600 |
| Changes from FY 2009-10 Year-to-Date: | |
| Items Included by the House and Senate | |
| 1. IDG to Judiciary. House and Senate included $1.0 million for an interdepartmental grant to judiciary for the purpose of funding drug court expenses. | 1,000,000 |
| 2. Child and Adolescent Psychologist. House and Senate appropriate $100,000 to allow the Michigan Department of Corrections to contract with a child and adolescent psychologist for the provision of specialized mental health services to teenage inmates. | 100,000 |
| Conference Agreement on Items of Difference | |
| 3. IDG to Auditor General. Conference includes $500,000 for a new interdepartmental grant to the Auditor General for oversight activities related to the Michigan Department of Corrections. | 500,000 |
| 4. IDG to Corrections Ombudsman. Conference includes $250,000 for a new interdepartmental grant to the Legislative Corrections Ombudsman for oversight activities. | 250,000 |
| 5. Residential Substance Abuse. Conference includes an additional $5.0 million for residential mental health and substance abuse treatment and services. | 5,000,000 |
| 6. Community Jail Reimbursement Program. Conference includes an additional $6.9 million in funding for CJRP in an effort to accurately match appropriations to expected program expenditures. In addition, Conference adjusts the fund sourcing on this line to reflect an expected shortfall in restricted revenues. | 6,852,100 |
| 7. Prison Food Services. Conference assumes savings of $6.1 million related to supply chain transformation efforts undertaken by the MDOC. | (6,090,900) |
| 8. Transportation. Also related to the supply chain transformation efforts, Conference assumes savings of $4.0 on prisoner transportation services. | (4,000,000) |
| 9. Education programming. Conference includes a $4.0 million reduction to the Education program line to reflect a historical lapse in the line and in anticipation of greater cooperation between the MDOC and other state agencies in this area. | (4,000,000) |
| 10. Health Care savings. Conference anticipates $21.0 million in savings related to health care expenditures by the MDOC. The Department is expected to achieve $10.0 million in savings through the restructuring of existing health care contracts and improved prescribing practices. The Department is also expected to achieve $11.0 million in savings by adopting a single drug formulary and consolidating certain mental health services. | (21,000,000) |
| 11. Reduction to Facility Costs. Conference includes a 3.8% reduction to the facility lines in an effort to allow the Department flexibility in making reductions. This reduction totals $42.1 million. | (42,125,400) |
| 12. Economic Adjustments. Increases in salaries, wages, and retirement costs for the MDOC totaled $44.4 million more for FY 2010-11 than for FY 2009-10. | 44,434,100 |
| 13. Other Changes. Other changes included in Conference result in a net increase. | 50,112,100 |
| Total Changes | 9,362,000 |
| FY 2009-10 Conference Report Gross Appropriation | 2,007,983,600 |
| Changes from FY 2008-09 Year to Date: |
| Items Included by the House and Senate |
| 1. Report on Policy Changes. Senate and House deleted language that required a report on policy changes made to implement legislation and prohibited the preparation of regulatory plans or promulgation of rules that fail to reduce the disproportionate economic impact on small businesses. (Sec. 221) |
| 2. Facility Closures Savings Report. Senate and House required the DOC to report on savings realized by closing facilities. In particular, the language has been amended to capture savings realized by the Department since January 1, 2009. |
| Conference Agreement on Items of Difference |
| 3. Definitions. The Senate-passed bill moved most of the definitions included in the bill to section 203. Conference takes this approach and includes new definitions for the terms "offender success" and "programmatic success". (Sec. 203) |
| 4. Travel Restrictions. Conference deleted a language section that prohibited the use of state funds for certain travel expenses incurred by MDOC employees. (Sec. 231) |
| 5. Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Conference includes language requiring the MDOC to implement policy changes recommended in the mental health study required by PA 124 of 2007. (Sec. 302) |
| 6. Residential Substance Abuse Treatment. Conference includes new language specifying how an additional $5.0 million for residential substance abuse treatment services is to be spent. (Sec. 405) |
| 7. Community Corrections Reimbursement Rates. Conference includes boilerplate language that sets OCC residential services reimbursement rates at a maximum of $48.50 per diem for accredited facilities and a maximum of $47.50 per diem for non-accredited facilities. (Sec. 410(3)) |
| 8. County Jail Reimbursement Program. Conference includes longstanding language that sets the parameters and reimbursement rate of CJRP. Additionally, language drawn from PA 89 of 2010 establishes a three-tiered reimbursement system for the program. Participating counties must elect which reimbursement system they prefer in October of the fiscal year. (Sec. 414). |
| 9. Recycling Program. Conference includes House-originated language directing the MDOC to establish and expand upon existing recycling programs in high-crime areas. (Sec. 426) |
| 10. Drug Utilization Report. Conference includes Senate-originated language requiring the MDOC to collect detailed data on drug utilization on behalf of the prison health system and compare said data to drug utilization statistics in other states. (Sec. 813) |
| 11. Law Library RFP. Conference includes new boilerplate directing the Department to release an RFP for the establishment of electronic prison law libraries if such action is financially beneficial. (Sec. 916) |
| 12. Learning Management Pilots. Conference includes funding and language directing the MDOC to establish 2 secure learning management pilot programs. One program will be located in a state correctional facility and the other in a county jail. (Sec. 933) |
| 13. Textile/Clothing Pilot. Conference includes new language requiring the MDOC to establish a pilot program for textile and clothing manufacturing in at least one of the state correctional facilities using resources appropriated for prison industries. (Sec. 934) |