FY 2017-18 CORRECTIONS BUDGET S.B. 144 (S-1): SENATE APPROPRIATIONS REC.
Senate Bill 144 (S-1 as reported) Throughout this document Senate means Appropriations Committee.
Committee: Appropriations
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$2,002,729,000 |
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1. Future Facility. Governor removed $100 placeholder for future facility. Senate restored placeholder and increased funding to $4,362,300 to help fund transition costs to a new facility. |
4,362,200 |
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2. County Jail Reimbursement Program. Senate increased funding for the program. |
3,500,000 |
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3. Leased Beds and Alternatives to Leased Beds. Senate increased funding for the leased beds program. |
3,499,900 |
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4. High School Online Equivalency Pilot. Senate included funding for a pilot project for 400 inmates to complete a career-based online high school diploma. |
3,000,000 |
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5. Criminal Justice Reinvestment. Senate increased funding for evidence-based programs designed to reduce recidivism. |
2,925,100 |
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6. Trinity Food Service Contract. Governor funded contractual inflationary adjustment. Senate reduced adjustment $1,632,500 due to prisoner population decrease. |
2,403,500 |
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7. Oncology. Governor provided for increased caseload and associated specialty care costs for cancer. Senate concurred. |
2,328,300 |
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8. Supervising Region Incentive Program. Governor eliminated $2,518,600 ongoing and $481,300 one-time dedicated funding for the Supervising Region Incentive Program. Senate restored funding and increased funding to a total of $5,000,000. |
2,000,100 |
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9. Goodwill Flip the Script. Governor eliminated dedicated funding for Goodwill Flip the Script program. Senate restored funding and increased funding to a total of $3,000,000. |
1,500,000 |
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10. Fiscal Year 2018 DTMB Rate Changes. Impact of new per user fee structure. Senate concurred. |
1,500,000 |
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11. Work for Restitution Program. Senate included funding for crime victims and their families through the offender's work in prison. |
1,000,000 |
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12. Federally Qualified Health Centers. Senate included a pilot program to link parolees and probationers with Federally Qualified Health Centers to ensure their behavioral and physical health needs are addressed. |
75,000 |
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13. Correctional facilities. Senate recognized population savings across all facilities due to prisoner population decrease. |
(41,614,300) |
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14. Hepatitis C. Governor aligned funding with anticipated Hepatitis C caseload (F2-F4 metavir scores). Senate further reduced funding $6,767,500 due to a decrease in the price of medication. |
(9,967,000) |
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15. One-Time Funding Removal. Governor eliminated one-time funding for officer academy in FY 2016-17 and ballistic vests. Senate concurred. |
(8,987,400) |
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16. Health care population savings. Governor funded inflationary and cost-per-prisoner contract adjustments of $3,511,900. Senate recognized total savings of $9,989,000 from the Governor due to prisoner population decrease. |
(6,477,100) |
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17. Pugsley Facility Closure. Governor recognized savings from lower than anticipated Pugsley facility closure costs. Senate concurred. |
(800,000) |
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18. Wayne County Residential Alternative to Prison program. Senate removed funding for the program. |
(500,000) |
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19. Westside Residential Alternative to Prison Program. Governor included $1,500,000 for a new alternative sentencing program for probation violators in thirteen West Michigan counties. Senate did not include. |
0 |
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20. New Custody Staff Training. Governor included $4,359,000 for an officer academy with an expected graduated class of 177 to address higher than anticipated attrition. Senate did not include due to prisoner population decrease. |
0 |
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21. Other Changes. Governor eliminated placeholder for the cost effective housing initiative, removed excess authorization for administrative hearings officers and inmate legal services, aligned authorization with anticipated restricted revenues, adjusted IDGs to account for payroll increases, and funded a rent increase for Grandview Plaza. Senate concurred. |
(501,300) |
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22. Unclassified Salaries. Includes $53,800 Gross and $53,800 GF/GP for unclassified salaries. Senate concurred. |
53,800 |
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23. Economic Adjustments. Includes a negative $5,341,700 Gross and $5,275,700 GF/GP for OERC and $17,731,100 Gross and $17,487,500 GF/GP for other economic adjustments. Senate concurred. |
12,389,400 |
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24. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. The Senate is $40,000,000 (all GF/GP) under the Governor's recommendation. |
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($28,309,800) |
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FY 2017-18 Senate Appropriations Committee Gross Appropriation................................... |
$1,974,419,200 |
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Boilerplate Changes from FY 2016-17 Year-to-Date: |
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1. Deletions. The Governor proposed to eliminate the following sections from current-year boilerplate: 206, 212, 214, 239, 405, 411, 412, 417, 419(1), 437, 505, 508, 511, 601, 602, 611, 612, 616, 802, 803, 806, 812, 816, 901, 902, 904, 908, 909, 910, 912, 937, 940, 942, 1000, 1011, and 1201. Senate retained all sections except 806, 901, 902, 908, and 1000. These deletions include a variety of reporting requirements, record retention requirements, statements of legislative intent, and language pertaining to health services, mental health awareness training, Goodwill Flip-the-Script, the Supervising Region Incentive Program, parole board policies, one-time reports, contracting requirements, and anticipated appropriations. |
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2. Definitions. Eight definitions were eliminated from the bill. Senate restored all definitions except for "IDG" and "MDSP". |
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3. Section numbering. Governor renumbered several sections and edited headings to maintain consistency across all budget areas. Senate concurred. |
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4. Reporting requirements. Governor reduced the frequency of reporting for vendor contract compliance (Sec. 307), prisoner populations (Sec. 419), parole review (Sec. 422), and Hepatitis C treatment (Sec. 807). Added threshold to Sec. 307 to report contracts of value $5 million or more. Also added State Budget Office to the list of report recipients where it wasn't already. Senate retained reporting frequency of section 307, 419, 422, and 807. Senate reduced threshold in Sec. 307 to $500,000. Senate concurred with addition of State Budget Office to report recipients. |
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5. Program additions. Governor added sections to assist the State Court Administrative Office with data compilation for the Swift and Sure Sanctions Program (Sec. 247), and to implement the Westside Residential Alternative to Prison program (Sec. 617). Senate concurred with Sec. 247 and removed Sec. 617. Senate added sections pertaining to Michigan State Industries (Sec. 311), reentry services (Sec. 403), matching parolees with employers (Sec. 404), a federally qualified health centers pilot (Sec. 406), agricultural programs (Sec. 434), dependent health insurance coverage (Sec. 805), psychotropic medication availability (Sec. 814), correctional officer fitness (Sec. 901), an online high school pilot (Sec. 908), inmate places of worship (Sec. 1010), a family participation study (Sec. 1012), and faith-based reentry initiatives (Sec. 1013). |
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6. Updated amounts for Total Legacy Costs. Governor updated total legacy costs section. The pension-related costs are $145,738,300 and the retiree health care costs are $137,512,400. (Sec. 214). Senate concurred. |
Date Completed: 4-26-17 Fiscal Analyst: Ryan M. Bergan
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.