| FY 1999-2000 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation
|
$495,233,500 |
| Changes from FY 1999-2000
Year-to-Date: |
|
| 1. Unclassified Salaries. The Governor,
House, and
Senate recommend 9.75% increase. |
489,700 |
| 2. Grant Increases. The House
recommends a
$10,000,000 GF/GP increase for Arts and Cultural Grants,
$1,500,000 restricted fund increase for the Fire Protection
Grants, and $5,000,000 Federal and GF/GP increase for the
Nursing Home Quality Incentive Grants. The Senate
increased the arts grants by $100, added $500,000 to Fire
Protection and 3 FTEs to the Nursing Home Grants. |
17,000,100 |
| 3. Additional Inspectors. The House
recommends
adding 20 FTE's and $1,380,000 GF/GP for the Day Care
Licensure program and 15 FTE's and $1,050,000 GF/GP
and restricted funding for Occupational Safety and Health
(MIOSHA). The Senate concurred on the Day Care
Inspectors, but increased MIOSHA by 1.0 FTE and
$40,000. |
2,470,000 |
| 4. AIS-MR Foster Care Facilities. The
Governor ,
House, and Senate recommend a transfer of GF/GP funding
from the Department of Community Health for the licensure
and annual inspection of these facilities which provide
foster care for severely disabled and mentally retarded
individuals. |
460,000 |
| 5. Financial Institutions Bureau. The
Governor , House,
and Senate recommend adding 4 FTE's and additional
restricted funding to regulate the increased services being
offered in the Credit Union industry and the mortgage loan
sector. |
240,000 |
| 6. Michigan State Housing Development
Authority.
The Governor, House, and Senate recommend a Federal
increase for 1,200 additional Section 8 subsidized housing
certificates. |
4,950,000 |
| 7. Remote Initial Claims System. The
Governor, House,
and Senate recommend an increase in Federal and restricted
funding for the implementation of this new claims filing
system. Of the amount $2 million would be used for
additional rent costs that will be incurred during the
transition period and $1.7 million will be used to provide
skill upgrade training for the employees of the agency. |
3,728,500 |
| 8. Mine Safety Training. The Senate
added additional
Federal funding that will be available for additional mine
safety training. |
50,000 |
| 9. Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum.
The Senate
added this new line item. |
500,000 |
| 10. Regional Communications Emergency Operations
Mobile Command Post. The Senate added this new line
item. |
50,000 |
| 11. Uninsured Employers Security Fund.
The Senate
added this new line item. |
100 |
| 12. Economic Adjustments. |
16,435,300 |
| 13. Other Changes. The Governor,
House, and Senate
recommend adjustments for various GF/GP, Federal, and
restricted fund sources and for adjustments in rent and
building occupancy charges. |
1,719,600 |
| 14. Comparison to Governor's
Recommendation. The
Senate Bill is $20,070,200 Gross/$16,131,700 GF/GP over
the Governor's Revised Recommendation. |
|
| Total Changes |
$48,093,300 |
| FY 2000-01 Senate Appropriations Committee Gross
Appropriation |
$543,326,800 |
| FY 2000-01 CONSUMER & INDUSTRY
SERVICES BUDGET - BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS |
| Changes from FY 1999-2000 Year to
Date: |
| 1. Arts and Cultural Grants. The House
recommends the following changes: a) Changing the list of grant categories to
reflect those used in the Council's guidelines; b) New language creating another grant category
called Regional Service
Providers for groups that serve a regional audience; c)New language requiring the Council to
provide unsuccessful
applicants with rationale and suggestions for improvement; d) New language requiring the
Council to distribute the
funding in a manner which supports the new regional category and distributes funding to the
other categories in the same
general proportions as recent fiscal years; e) Requires the Council to provide a report on all
applicants; f) Requires a
report on the regranting awards; g) New language stating legislative intent that the Council
continue to take steps to
make sure all organizations receive awards of no more that 15% of operating revenue by 2005;
h)New language stating
that any anchor organization that received an award in excess of 10% of their operating
revenue in FY 2000 could not
receive an award that is greater than the FY 2000 amount. The Senate concurred with all
House changes and added: a)
language stating legislative intent that the council simplify the mini grant applications, b)
language requiring fair and
equitable distribution of Regional grants and an assessment of the process, c) language
establishing a local arts agencies
and services program, d) language stating the council will use its best efforts to cap funding for
anchors at 65%, e)
language establishing a special cultural organization pilot program for zoos, science museums,
festivals, and history
museums, f) language requiring the council to assess the granting process and report to the
Legislature on the findings.
(Sec. 306) |
| 2. Nursing Home Quality Care Incentive Grant
Program. The Governor recommended deleting this language. The
House and Senate reinstated the current year language and the Senate changed criteria
language to require the department
to post criteria for grants on the Internet and make it available in printed format upon request.
(Sec. 320) |
| 3. Nursing Home Survey Reports. The
House and Senate added new language requiring the department to submit the
number and percentage of citations appealed and the number and percentage of citations
overturned and/or modified.
(Sec. 321) |
| 4. Office of Financial and Insurance
Services. The House and Senate added new language requiring that any funding
collected by this newly created office as allowed under the Insurance Code, be allocated and
expended separately and
only in the manner as provided for in the Insurance Code. The Senate added language
requiring the department to report
on expenditures made from the Insurance Regulatory Fees in the Executive Direction,
Management Services and the
salary of the Commissioner (Sec. 329), and deleted language allowing insurance fees to be
expended for legislators to
participate in insurance activities. |
| 5. Day Care Licensing. The House and
Senate added new language requiring that the additional funding added in part 1
be used to support 20 new staff positions for day care licensing in response to new rule
changes governing these facilities.
(Sec. 330) |
| 6. Clarification of Survey Terms. The
House and Senate added new language requiring the Department work with
Community Health, the Ombudsman, and HCFA to clarify the terms used in surveys and
requiring the Department to
provide for semiannual joint training for surveyors and providers on at least 1 of the 10 most
frequently cited deficiency.
(Sec. 331) |
| 7. MIOSHA. The House added new
language requiring that the additional funding added in part 1 be used to hire 5
general industry inspectors, 5 construction safety inspectors, and 5 industrial hygienist. The
Senate added 1 additional
construction inspector. (Sec. 332) |
| 8. Posting of Nursing Home Surveys.
The House and Senate added new language prohibiting any home that has not
posted the Executive Summary of the last annual survey from receiving any incentive grant
funding. (Sec. 333) |
| 9. Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum.
The Senate added new language that conditions this appropriation on a
$1,500,000 match requirement and creates a work project for the funds until 2002. (Sec.
334) |
| 10. Mobile Command Post. The Senate
added new language allocating this funding to the Oakland County Sheriff's
Department and requiring a match. (Sec. 335) |
| 11. Unemployment Agency. The Senate
added new language requiring the Agency to maintain a staff presence at each
One Stop Center during normal business hours. (Sec. 336) |
