MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representatives Holland, Nettles, Barnett (92nd), Davis (7th), Moody, Read, Scott (17th), Stevens

House Bill 1762

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1998.  

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the State Department of Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998

$ 35,902,437.00.

SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in any special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Department of Health which is comprised of special source funds collected by or otherwise available to the department, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998

$ 161,700,263.00.

SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1 and Section 2, not more than the amounts set forth below shall be expended for the respective major objects or purposes of expenditure:

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 93,437,670.00

Travel and Subsistence 5,237,279.00

Contractual Services 26,464,544.00

Commodities 48,116,396.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 750,000.00

Equipment 3,485,020.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 20,111,791.00

Total $ 197,602,700.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 35,902,437.00

Special Funds 161,700,263.00

Total $ 197,602,700.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 2,473

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 56

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 588

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 23

From the funds provided in the budget category "Personal Services: Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits," funds may be expended for the following purposes, in compliance with policies established by the State Personnel Board and any conditions placed on such expenditure:

(a) The components of the Variable Compensation Plan shall be maintained within the constraints of the funds appropriated herein.

(b) Funds shall be used to fund the "Realignment" component at the requirement established by the State Personnel Board.

(c) Subsequent to the application of Realignment, as specified in Subparagraph (b), above, funds shall be used to provide all eligible state employees employed on or before June 30, 1996, a Three Hundred Dollar ($300.00) "In-Service" COLA base salary increase effective July 1, 1997.

(d) All eligible state employees employed on or before June 30, 1996, shall receive a one percent (1%) salary increase on the first day of the month following their anniversary hire date.

(e) To be eligible for the salary increases specified in Subparagraphs (c) and (d), above, employees must have a current overall performance appraisal rating of "meets expectations" (2.0), or above, on the effective date of the increase. Employees who, subsequent to their eligibility date, receive a performance appraisal rating of "meets expectations" (2.0), or above, during Fiscal Year 1998 shall receive the salary increase effective the date of the rating. If an eligible employee is currently at or above end step for his or her job classification, or should this salary increase cause an eligible employee's salary to exceed end step, that portion of the increase exceeding end step shall be built into the employee's base salary.

It is the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for Personal Services for Fiscal Year 1999 do not exceed Fiscal Year 1998 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs and/or positions are added to the agency's budget by the Mississippi Legislature.

Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions and procedures established by law.

No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.

SECTION 4. In compliance with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994," it is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided herein shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the intended mission of this agency. Based on the funding authorized, this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted performance measures provided below:

FY98

Performance Measures Target

Chronic Illness

Patients served (persons) 12,100

Home health visits (visits) 277,000

Hypertension visits (visits) 19,200

Diabetes treatment visits (visits) 1,000

Maternal and Child Health

Maternity patients served (persons) 17,700

WIC patients served (persons) 105,000

Family planning patients served (persons) 103,100

Environmental Health

General sanitation inspections (actions) 36,000

Food establishments inspected (sites) 36,000

Water supplies tested (actions) 1,580

Disease Prevention

Vaccinations administered (persons) 753,150

Patients receiving STD treatment (persons) 40,000

TB cases and contacts investigated (actions) 4,500

Health Care Planning and Licensure

Declaratory for CON reviews (actions) 675

Ambulance services licensed (entities) 133

Ambulance certifications/recertifications

(persons) 2,504

Professional licenses issued (persons) 6,407

Support Services

Percentage of total budget (%) 5.56

A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 1999.

SECTION 5. It is the intention of the Legislature that parking fees collected from parking lots of the State Department of Health shall be used to maintain the department's parking facilities.

SECTION 6. It is the intention of the Legislature that the State Department of Health may escalate Medicaid earnings and positions not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00). Such escalation shall be submitted to and approved by the Department of Finance and Administration in the manner consistent with the escalation of federal funds.

SECTION 7. The State Department of Health may enter into a contractual agreement with the State Board of Funeral Service under which the department will provide inspection services for the board. Under such agreement, the department shall inspect each licensed funeral establishment at random at least once a year. All such inspections shall be made in accordance with applicable state law and rules and regulations of the State Board of Funeral Service.

SECTION 8. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Health shall have the authority to expend any special funds collected or otherwise available, notwithstanding any restrictions in the general law or statutes earmarking said funds for a particular use, that are in excess of the amounts needed for the purpose of such fund, for the purpose of providing maternal and child health, family planning and disease control services.

SECTION 9. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized for the purpose of leasing parking space from the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission.

SECTION 10. It is the intention of the Legislature that with the funds provided herein, the State Department of Health may provide and administer without charge, Hepatitis B vaccinations to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel who are in need of such vaccinations through job related exposure.

SECTION 11. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Local Governments and Rural Water Systems Emergency Loan Fund, and the Local Governments and Rural Water System Improvements Revolving Loan Fund as authorized in Chapter 521, Laws of 1995, to the State Department of Health for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Local Governments and Rural Water Systems Improvements Board, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998

$ 15,020,000.00

SECTION 12. It is the intention of the Legislature that in the event that there are insufficient Child Care Development Block Grant Funds, then the Department of Health shall maintain the Child Care Licensure Program at the same level that the program was in Fiscal Year 1997 using any other funds.

SECTION 13. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated and authorized by law to be expended, the following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any Special Funds available to the Department of Health from fees that the Board of Health will charge and collect pursuant to Section 41-3-15(4)(f), Mississippi Code of 1972, in addition to other fees authorized by law to be charged, for the purpose of providing public health-related services and technical assistance to public water supplies, for the period beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998 $ 400,000.00.

SECTION 14. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, Five Hundred Sixty-eight Thousand Thirty-five Dollars ($568,035.00) shall come from the Department of Human Services, Child Care Development Fund or other appropriate special funds for the purpose of day care licensure. These funds are to be transferred to the State Department of Health by October 30, 1997. The State Department of Health shall make a complete accounting of the uses of these funds to the Department of Human Services.

SECTION 15. It is the intention of the Legislature that the State Department of Health shall expend not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) of the funds appropriated in Section 1 and allocated in Section 3 for providing the oil known as "Lorenzo's Oil" for the treatment of the genetic disorder adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), to children and Mississippi residents over the age of twenty-one (21) who have the genetic disorder adrenoleukodystrophy and for whom Medicaid does not reimburse the cost of providing the oil. The department may also provide needed pathology and biannual MRI exams.

SECTION 16. In the event that House Bill No. 815 of the 1997 Regular Session is enacted into law, the State Department of Health shall transfer any fund balances as of June 30, 1997, attributable to the Social Workers Licensure Program, to the Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists as required by law.

SECTION 17. The money appropriated under the provisions of Section 1 shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, and the money appropriated under the provisions of Sections 2, 11 and 13 shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the proper special funds upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 18. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1997.