FY 2019-20 CORRECTIONS BUDGET H.B. 4231 (CR-1): CONFERENCE REPORT
*As of July 1, 2019.
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Gross |
GF/GP |
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FY 2018-19 Year-to-Date Appropriation...................................................... |
$2,019,056,200 |
$1,963,841,300 |
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Items Included by the Senate and House |
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1. Removal of FY 2018-19 Supplemental Funding. Governor, Senate, and House removed supplemental funding totaling $2.0 million provided for education, skilled trades, and career readiness programs added via P.A. 618 of 2018. |
(2,000,000) |
(2,000,000) |
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2. Detroit Detention Center. Governor included a cost adjustment for contract with City of Detroit for the operation of the Center. Senate, House, and Conference concurred. |
2,623,600 |
0 |
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3. Aging Prisoner Population. Governor increased funding by $2,100,000 to support additional staff and renovations at the Thumb Correctional Facility to better serve the health care needs of the aging prisoner population. Total funding is $2,100,000, all GF/GP, of which $350,000 one-time. Senate, House, and Conference did not include. |
0 |
0 |
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4. Prison Industries Transportation Costs. Governor increased funding for transportation costs as Michigan State Industries has increased utilization of the transportation line item to move MSI goods between correctional facilities. Senate, House, and Conference concurred. |
10,000 |
0 |
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5. Supervising Region Incentive Program. Governor eliminated the program. Senate, House, and Conference concurred. |
(1,000,000) |
(1,000,000) |
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6. High School Online Equivalency Pilot. Governor eliminated the pilot program. Senate, House, and Conference concurred. |
(500,000) |
(500,000) |
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7. Prison Kitchen Inspections. Governor eliminated the pilot program. Senate, House, and Conference concurred. |
(50,000) |
(50,000) |
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8. Ojibway Correctional Facility Closure Savings. Governor included the remaining balance of the full-year savings resulting from the closing of the Ojibway facility. Senate, House, and Conference concurred. |
(6,805,700) |
(6,805,700) |
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9. Removal of FY 2018-19 One-Time Savings. Governor removed a total of $11.6 million in one-time funding that included the following items: higher custody level ($2.4 million) and new officer school ($9.2 million). Senate, House, and Conference concurred. |
(11,627,700) |
(11,627,700) |
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10. Economic Adjustments. Includes $23,370,800 Gross and $23,095,900 GF/GP for total economic adjustments, of which an estimated negative $19,777,200 Gross and negative $19,562,700 GF/GP is for legacy retirement costs (pension and retiree health). |
23,370,800 |
23,095,900 |
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Conference Agreement on Items of Difference |
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11. New Custody Staff Training. Governor provided one-time funding for an officer academy with an expected graduating class of 408 officers to address higher than anticipated attrition. Senate concurred. House did not include. Conference funded at $7.4 million with repurposed work project funds. |
0 |
0 |
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12. Corizon Health Care Contract. Governor increased funding by $5,446,500 due to inflationary contract costs increases. Senate and House did not include. Conference funded at $2.7 million. |
2,723,200 |
2,723,200 |
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13. Hepatitis C Treatment. Governor increased funding by $6,965,200 to continue treatment costs and expand treatment to F1 and F0 offenders. Senate and House did not include. Conference funded at $7.0 million with General Fund. |
6,965,200 |
6,965,200 |
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14. Electronic Tether Replacement. Governor provided one-time funding totaling $4,567,100 for the replacement of nearly 6,700 electronic tether monitoring devices due to moving from a 3G to a 4G cellular system. Senate included a $100 placeholder. House did not include. Conference funded at $4.6 million with repurposed work project funds. |
0 |
0 |
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15. Milage Rate Increase. Governor increased funding by $324,100 due to increased millage reimbursement rate set by DTMB. Senate did not include. House and Conference concurred with Governor. |
324,100 |
324,100 |
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16. Prisoner Transportation. Governor increased funding by $102,300 for lease cost increases for prisoner transportation vehicles. Senate did not include. House and Conference concurred with Governor. |
102,300 |
102,300 |
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17. Water/Sewer Rate Increase. Governor increased funding by $97,000 due to rate increases for the St. Louis Correctional Facility. Senate reduced funding by $100. House and Conference concurred with Governor. |
97,000 |
97,000 |
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18. Grandview Plaza Security. Governor increased funding by $42,000 due to increased cost of replacing unarmed security guards with armed guards at MDOC headquarters in Lansing. Senate did not include. House and Conference concurred with Governor. |
42,000 |
42,000 |
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19. Goodwill Flip-the-Script. Governor eliminated the program. Senate retained as $100 placeholder. House and Conference retained funding at $1.5 million. |
0 |
0 |
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20. Substance Abuse Parole Certain Sanction Program. Governor and House eliminated the program. Senate retained current funding. Conference funded at $1.0 million with repurposed work project funds. |
(1,440,000) |
(1,440,000) |
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21. Administrative Reduction. Senate included a reduction of 2.17% totaling $9.2 million across several line items to reach Senate target. House included a $1.2 million administrative reduction. Conference reduced funding across several line items totaling $5.4 million ($3.6 million from historical lapses and $1.8 million in administrative reductions). |
(5,517,600) |
(5,517,600) |
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22. Program and Special Equipment Fund Source Adjustment. House included a fund shift totaling $16.9 million to replace General Fund with restricted funds. Conference increased funding shift to $24.0 million. |
0 |
(24,000,000) |
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23. Federally Qualified Health Centers Pilot. Governor and Senate eliminated the pilot program. House retained $100 placeholder. Conference concurred with Governor. |
(250,000) |
(250,000) |
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$7,067,200 |
($19,841,300) |
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FY 2019-20 Conference Report Appropriation.............................................. |
$2,026,123,400 |
$1,944,000,000 |
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Amount Over/(Under) GF/GP Target: |
$0 |
$0 |
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Boilerplate Changes from FY 2018-19 Year-to-Date: |
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Items Included by the Senate and House |
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1. Definitions. Twelve definitions were eliminated from the bill. These included acronyms that are no longer referenced in the bill, as well as the definitions of "cost per prisoner" and "offender who would likely be sentenced to imprisonment". Senate, House, and Conference retained all definitions. |
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2. Deprived and Depressed Communities. Governor eliminated language stating that a Department cannot take disciplinary action against an employee or prisoner for communicating with a legislator or their staff. Language replaces with new language requiring the Department to take all reasonable steps to ensure that business in deprived or depressed communities compete for and perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. Senate, House, and Conference retained current law language regarding disciplinary action and did not include new Governor language regarding deprived and depressed communities. (Sec. 206) |
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3. Updated amounts for Total Legacy Costs. Governor updated total legacy costs section. The pension-related costs for FY 2019-20 are $143,458,300 and the retiree health care costs are $151,648,700. Senate concurred. (Sec. 214) |
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Conference Agreement on Items of Difference |
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4. Contingency Funds. Senate eliminated all contingency fund language. House retained current law. Conference retained only $2.5 million in contingency funds for the Department of Corrections. (Sec. 210) |
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5. NEW Use of Work Project Funds. House added new language stating that appropriations in part 1 shall not be expended until all existing work project authorizations available for the same purpose is exhausted. Conference concurred with House. (NEW Sec. 225) |
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6. NEW Work Project Appropriations. House added new language stating that from the unexpended and unencumbered funds appropriated in previous years, several projects totaling $15.4 million in the Department of Corrections must be funded from previous work project appropriations. The following projects shall be funded from the previously appropriated work projects: $7.4 million for a new officer school; $4.5 million for replacing electronic tethers; $950,000 for PTSD and wellness support; $750,000 for demolition of the Deerfield Correctional Facility; $500,000 for replacing corrections officer training binders with electronic equipment; $200,000 for requalifying corrections officers in handgun training, $100,000 for a study on a suitable location for a corrections officer training academy; and $1.0 million for the Substance Abuse Parole Certain Sanction Program. Conference concurred with House. (NEW Sec. 226) |
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7. NEW Officer Training Academy and Deerfield Facility Demolition. House added new language to specify how the repurposed work project funds shall be used: the language for the $100,000 for the Officer Training Academy is added in NEW Sec. 227 while the language for the $750,000 for the demolition of the Deerfield Facility is added in NEW Sec. 228. Conference concurred with House. (NEW Secs. 227 and 228)
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8. Recidivism Rates. Governor revised language for measurement of recidivism rates to state that the measure shall be the reincarceration recidivism rate based on available state data. Senate concurred. House and Conference retained current law. (Sec. 408) |
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9. NEW Public Safety Initiative. House added new language stating that a county sheriff who receives funding for the public safety initiative shall report a detailed listing of expenditures made for the prior three fiscal years. Additionally, if requested by the senate and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the county sheriff of the county receiving the funding under part 1 shall appear before the subcommittees to discuss the expenditure report. Conference concurred with House. (NEW Sec. 413) |
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10. NEW. Immigration Status. Senate added language stating that if a county enacts or enforces any law, ordinance, policy, or rule that limits or prohibits a peace officer or local official, officer, or employee from communicating or cooperating with appropriate federal officials concerning the immigration status of an individual in this state, that county would have withheld its reimbursement from funds appropriated in part 1 to house in jails certain felons who otherwise would have been sentenced to prison. Conference concurred with Senate. (NEW Sec. 414(7) |
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11. Reporting Requirements. Governor reduced the frequency of reporting for prisoner populations (Sec. 419), Hepatitis C treatment (Sec. 807), correctional officer to prisoner ratios (Sec. 912), and Holmes Youthful Trainee status (Sec. 930). Senate concurred only with the Governor's changes to Sec. 807 and Sec. 930. House and Conference retained current law. |
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12. NEW Prisoner Labor and Delivery. House added new language stating that if a female prisoner consents to a visitor being present, the Department shall allow that 1 person to be present during the prisoner’s labor and delivery. The person allowed to accompany the prisoner must be an immediate family member, legal guardian, spouse, or domestic partner. The Department is authorized to deny access to a visitor if the Department has a safety concern with that visitor’s access. The Department is authorized to conduct a criminal background check on a visitor. Conference concurred with House. (NEW Sec. 920) |
Date Completed: 9-19-19 Fiscal Analyst: Joe Carrasco, Jr.
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.