MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2003 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Gordon, Thames, Carlton, Harden, Huggins, Jackson, Kirby, Walden
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND CERTAIN PROGRAMS OF THE DIVISION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.
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 support and maintenance of the Department of Mental Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004
............................................ $ 189,594,940.00.
SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized for expenditure out of any special source funds which are collected by or otherwise become available for the support and maintenance of the Department of Mental Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004............................... $ 273,034,509.00.
SECTION 3. 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 Health Care Expendable Fund, created under House Bill No. 519, 1999 Regular Session, for the support and maintenance of the Department of Mental Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004...
............................................. $ 26,452,551.00.
The funds appropriated in this section shall be allocated as follows:
$ 7,500,000.00 Expenses of the Department of Mental Health.
$ 750,000.00 Alzheimer's Disease Services Development and Implementation of Senate Bill
No. 2100, 1997 Regular Session.
$ 7,702,551.00 Medicaid Matching Funds.
$ 500,000.00 Psychotropic Drugs or Medicaid Match.
$ 1,000,000.00 Alzheimer's Disease Program, Prepayment to Medicaid, etc.
$ 6,650,000.00 Crisis Centers, Holding Centers, Group Homes, Substance Abuse Programs, Children's Programs, Prepayment of Medicaid, etc.
$ 2,250,000.00 Physician Services at Community Mental Health Centers.
$ 100,000.00 Grant for Epilepsy Foundation of
______________ Mississippi or Medicaid Match.
$26,452,551.00 Total
SECTION 4. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 3, and authorized for expenditure under the provisions of Section 2, not more than the amounts set forth below shall be expended for the respective major objects or purposes of expenditure:
CENTRAL OFFICE
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 4,647,516.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 210,990.00
Contractual Services..................... 881,893.00
Commodities.............................. 144,750.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 0.00
Equipment........................... 25,000.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 9,942,522.00
Total.............................. $ 15,852,671.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 2,228,987.00
Special Funds............................ 13,623,684.00
Total.............................. $ 15,852,671.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 82
Part Time........... 0
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 24
Part Time........... 0
ELLISVILLE STATE SCHOOL AND FARM
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 46,674,636.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 126,208.00
Contractual Services..................... 4,474,143.00
Commodities.............................. 5,050,928.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 470,000.00
Equipment........................... 775,772.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 15,008,748.00
Total.............................. $ 72,580,435.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 15,460,766.00
Special Funds............................ 57,119,669.00
Total.............................. $ 72,580,435.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 1,596
Part Time........... 32
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 56
Part Time........... 0
EAST MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 36,366,659.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 37,400.00
Contractual Services..................... 2,666,654.00
Commodities.............................. 4,853,401.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 119,000.00
Equipment........................... 152,047.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 2,854,606.00
Total.............................. $ 47,049,767.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 30,680,565.00
Special Funds............................ 16,369,202.00
Total.............................. $ 47,049,767.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 1,343
Part Time........... 6
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 121
Part Time........... 0
Of the funds allocated to the East Mississippi State Hospital, Fifty-nine Thousand Dollars ($59,000.00) is provided to upgrade the electrical transmission system and Twenty-seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($27,500.00) is provided for a study of electrical usage.
HUDSPETH REGIONAL CENTER
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 28,916,824.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 124,630.00
Contractual Services..................... 2,709,252.00
Commodities.............................. 3,191,209.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 150,000.00
Equipment........................... 687,490.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 9,895,827.00
Total.............................. $ 45,675,232.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 7,719,148.00
Special Funds............................ 37,956,084.00
Total.............................. $ 45,675,232.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 948
Part Time........... 28
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 48
Part Time........... 0
MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 86,439,137.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 70,000.00
Contractual Services..................... 9,421,333.00
Commodities.............................. 9,613,299.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 246,635.00
Equipment........................... 472,373.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 7,568,152.00
Total.............................. $ 113,830,929.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 72,718,586.00
Special Funds............................ 41,112,343.00
Total.............................. $ 113,830,929.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 2,831
Part Time........... 11
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 221
Part Time........... 0
NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 29,509,312.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 112,000.00
Contractual Services..................... 4,162,620.00
Commodities.............................. 4,825,906.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 71,500.00
Equipment........................... 999,129.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 13,337,175.00
Total.............................. $ 53,017,642.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 9,782,506.00
Special Funds............................ 43,235,136.00
Total.............................. $ 53,017,642.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 927
Part Time........... 12
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 130
Part Time........... 13
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 20,923,797.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 79,000.00
Contractual Services..................... 3,311,421.00
Commodities.............................. 2,361,505.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 100,000.00
Equipment........................... 400,809.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 6,358,104.00
Total.............................. $ 33,534,636.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 7,423,428.00
Special Funds............................ 26,111,208.00
Total.............................. $ 33,534,636.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 602
Part Time........... 8
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 101
Part Time........... 4
BOSWELL REGIONAL CENTER
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 17,254,279.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 59,058.00
Contractual Services..................... 2,521,807.00
Commodities.............................. 1,948,170.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 257,350.00
Equipment........................... 576,176.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 4,292,904.00
Total.............................. $ 26,909,744.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 8,777,725.00
Special Funds............................ 18,132,019.00
Total.............................. $ 26,909,744.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 507
Part Time........... 3
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 91
Part Time........... 2
NORTH MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 5,675,321.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 20,000.00
Contractual Services..................... 855,908.00
Commodities.............................. 989,285.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 0.00
Equipment........................... 100,000.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 0.00
Total.............................. $ 7,640,514.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 7,090,514.00
Special Funds............................ 550,000.00
Total.............................. $ 7,640,514.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 185
Part Time........... 0
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 4
Part Time........... 0
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 4,514,491.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 10,000.00
Contractual Services..................... 787,615.00
Commodities.............................. 680,839.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 20,000.00
Equipment........................... 99,111.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 10,000.00
Total.............................. $ 6,122,056.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 5,261,492.00
Special Funds............................ 860,564.00
Total.............................. $ 6,122,056.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 156
Part Time........... 0
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 1
Part Time........... 0
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTIAL CENTER
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 1,521,135.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 15,961.00
Contractual Services..................... 517,884.00
Commodities.............................. 687,469.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 535,572.00
Equipment........................... 1,200,000.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 251,548.00
Total.............................. $ 4,729,569.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 4,032,264.00
Special Funds............................ 697,305.00
Total.............................. $ 4,729,569.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 132
Part Time........... 0
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 14
Part Time........... 0
BROOKHAVEN JUVENILE REHABILITATION FACILITY
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 3,621,575.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 8,600.00
Contractual Services..................... 541,998.00
Commodities.............................. 385,981.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 10,000.00
Equipment........................... 65,519.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 6,000.00
Total.............................. $ 4,639,673.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 4,639,673.00
Special Funds............................ 0.00
Total.............................. $ 4,639,673.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 118
Part Time........... 0
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 10
Part Time........... 0
SPECIALIZED TREATMENT FACILITY
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 428,149.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 10,238.00
Contractual Services..................... 175,000.00
Commodities.............................. 58,633.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 25,000.00
Equipment........................... 25,000.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 500.00
Total.............................. $ 722,520.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 722,520.00
Special Funds............................ 0.00
Total.............................. $ 722,520.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 85
Part Time........... 0
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 0
Part Time........... 0
SERVICE BUDGET
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 0.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 0.00
Contractual Services..................... 1,203,343.00
Commodities.............................. 0.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 0.00
Equipment........................... 0.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 51,566,925.00
Total.............................. $ 52,770,268.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 13,056,766.00
Special Funds............................ 39,713,502.00
Total.............................. $ 52,770,268.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 0
Part Time........... 0
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 0
Part Time........... 0
DIVISION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 318,678.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 23,100.00
Contractual Services..................... 45,600.00
Commodities.............................. 8,700.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 0.00
Equipment........................... 21,000.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 3,589,266.00
Total.............................. $ 4,006,344.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 0.00
Special Funds............................ 4,006,344.00
Total.............................. $ 4,006,344.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 7
Part Time........... 0
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 0
Part Time........... 0
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.
Of the general funds appropriated to the "Service Budget" in the category "Subsidies, Loans and Grants," the sum of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) may be used for Special Olympics and choir and tumbling team consisting of students from the institutions included in this act.
SECTION 5. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 3, authorized for expenditure in Section 2, and allocated in Section 4 to the "Central Office," funds are included for an Alzheimer's education and training program.
SECTION 6. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1, authorized for expenditure in Section 2, and allocated in Section 4 to the "Central Office," funds are included to compensate part-time members of the Sexual Predator Review Board at an hourly rate not to exceed the hourly rate for similarly qualified and titled full-time state employees, plus fringe benefits allowable for such part-time employees.
SECTION 7. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1, authorized for expenditure under the provisions of Section 2, and allocated under the provisions of Section 4, funds in the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) may be expended for the support of a pilot project to provide authority for East Mississippi State Hospital and Mississippi State Hospital to contract with local hospitals located in counties with a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000) to provide emergency inpatient care to individuals committed by the Chancery Court to East Mississippi State Hospital or Mississippi State Hospital for treatment of mental illness if, at the time that such commitment is made, a bed is not available for admission to East Mississippi State Hospital or Mississippi State Hospital. East Mississippi State Hospital and Mississippi State Hospital shall have the authority to contract with local hospitals located in counties with a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000) for inpatient emergency care for a period not to exceed seven (7) days at a rate not to exceed One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per day with East Mississippi State Hospital or Mississippi State Hospital providing One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and the local government providing Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per day for such care. Payment for such physician fees shall be made at the Medicaid rate of reimbursement and paid by East Mississippi State Hospital or Mississippi State Hospital. Funds provided for the initiation of this pilot project shall not be expended for inpatient hospital care unless there is participation in the reimbursement for such care by the local government as required by the provisions of this section.
SECTION 8. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health shall have authority to transfer cash from one special fund treasury fund to another special fund treasury fund under the control of the Department of Mental Health. The purpose of this authority is to more efficiently use available cash reserves. It is further the intention of the Legislature that the Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health shall submit written justification for the transfer to the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration on or before the fifteenth (15th) of the month prior to the effective date of the transfer.
SECTION 9. The Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health and the directors of each separate facility operated by the Department of Mental Health are hereby authorized to transfer spending authority from any major objects to any other major objects in any amounts deemed necessary for the efficient management and operation of their budgets, provided that the total spending authority remains unchanged after such transfers and the total of such transfers into any major object do not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the original appropriated amount for that major object plus any escalations of spending authority that have occurred during any given fiscal year.
SECTION 10. The Department of Mental Health is hereby authorized to accept and expend in any major objects deemed necessary by the Department of Mental Health any nonfederal funds from any source for the purposes of defraying the operational costs of any of the separate budget entities operated by the Department of Mental Health. Such nonfederal funds shall include patient revenues, including Medicaid income, and grants, contributions and donations from any individual, public, or private organization, received in excess of amounts originally anticipated when spending authority was appropriated, and shall also include cash balances in excess of the estimated beginning cash balances used in establishing the original appropriation. Such nonfederal funds shall be received and expended under the rules and regulations of the Department of Finance and Administration in a manner consistent with the escalation of federal funds.
SECTION 11. The Department of Mental Health and its facilities shall have the authority, within funding and spending authority appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 3, authorized for expenditure in Section 2, and allocated under the provisions of Section 4 of this act, to transfer funds to the Division of Medicaid in payment of Medicaid match and designate that the funds thus transferred shall be applied to Medicaid match obligations arising in the subsequent fiscal year.
SECTION 12. Any person within the Department of Mental Health who must work on a statutory holiday or any holiday proclaimed by the Governor, may at the discretion of the Director of the Institution and the Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health and within available personnel funds, be paid "call back pay" in lieu of "compensatory time credit."
SECTION 13. Of the funds appropriated to the "Service Budget" in the category "Subsidies, Loans and Grants," funds are included for the support of community mental health services for Fiscal Year 2004.
Provided, however, that none of the funds appropriated for the support of community mental health services shall be made available to any Regional Mental Health/Retardation Center which does not receive from each of its participating counties a dollar amount equivalent to what the proceeds of a three-fourths (3/4) mill tax on all taxable property in the county in Fiscal Year 1982 would have been or the amount of funds contributed to the center by the county in Fiscal Year 1984, whichever shall be greater. By means of performance contracts, the Department of Mental Health shall disburse the funds appropriated in this section for services for the mentally ill, mentally retarded and alcohol/drug abusers. The State Board of Mental Health and the Department of Mental Health shall be responsible for selecting the types of services which shall be provided with the funds appropriated in this section, for developing and monitoring performance contracts and for holding contractors accountable for utilization of funds.
SECTION 14. Funds presently included or any funds received in the future for timber funds at Ellisville State School and East Mississippi State Hospital are hereby authorized for transfer to the regular operating budgets of the respective facilities. Each facility shall receive such funds as "Special" funds, and such funds shall be available for use in payment of any and all expenses of each facility, paid by the State Treasurer 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 15. The Department of Mental Health and its facilities shall have the express legal authority, within funding and spending authority appropriated under the provisions of Section 1, authorized for expenditure under the provisions of Section 2, and allocated under the provisions of Section 4 of this act, to purchase land for use by residential facilities operated by the Department, either directly or by means of transferring funds to the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, and to transfer such funds to Bureau of Building, Grounds, and Real Property Management for the purposes of constructing and equipping group homes for persons with mental illness, mental retardation, and/or substance abuse; constructing and equipping such other buildings as may be required for treatment of persons with mental illness, mental retardation, and/or substance abuse; repair and renovate existing buildings; and to construct, repair and/or renovate employee housing. Any intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICF/MR) constructed with funds authorized in this section shall be authorized to participate in Medicaid funding available for such services.
SECTION 16. Of the General Funds appropriated to the "Service Budget" in the category of "Subsidies, Loans and Grants," the sum required may be expended to fund the Home and Community Based Waiver Option for community mental retardation services as authorized under Section 43-13-117 (29) of the Mississippi Code of 1972 (Annotated).
SECTION 17. With the funds herein appropriated, the Department of Mental Health is authorized to provide home and community based treatment and institutional treatment to not more than ten (10) persons at any given time who, on or after reaching their twenty-first birthday (age 21), suffered a severe brain injury and whose condition as a result of that brain injury would have resulted in their classification as developmentally disabled if such injury had occurred prior to their twenty-first birthday.
SECTION 18. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby reappropriated out of any money in the special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Mental Health Funds 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3382, 3384, 3385, 3386, 3387, 3388 and 3391 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004.........................
............................................... $ 10,000,000.00
Notwithstanding the amount reappropriated under the provisions of this section, in no event shall the amount expended exceed the unexpended balance as of June 30, 2003, or change the purpose for which the funds were originally authorized.
SECTION 19. None of the funds appropriated herein may be used to pay for alternative residential placement or hospitalization for mental health, mental retardation, or substance treatment of a person committed to the Department of Mental Health under Sections 41-21-61, et seq., 41-21-107, 41-31-1, et seq., 43-21-315, and 43-21-611, Mississippi Code of 1972.
SECTION 20. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1, authorized for expenditure in Section 2, and allocated in Section 4 to Mississippi State Hospital, funds not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) may be expended for preplanning costs associated with a project or projects to renovate buildings on the campus of Mississippi State Hospital to meet standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
SECTION 21. None of the funds appropriated for the support of community mental health, mental retardation, or substance abuse services shall be made available to any service provider which, upon determination of the Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health, has an outstanding monetary obligation owed to the Department of Mental Health or to the Division of Medicaid, pursuant to an audit or programmatic review performed by the Department of Mental Health, that has not been resolved, including those audits or programmatic reviews that occurred prior to
July 1, 2003.
SECTION 22. From the funds provided herein, the Department shall have the authority to adjust salaries of academic teachers to be commensurate to the teacher's salary scale as provided in the Mississippi Teacher Opportunity Program for the 2003-2004 school year, as outlined in Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, effective July 1, 2003.
SECTION 23. No program or entity certified by the Department of Mental Health which also receives state source, federal source, or Medicaid funding directly from the Department of Mental Health or by virtue of state source funds appropriated to the Department of Mental Health for Medicaid match for provision of mental health, mental retardation, or substance abuse services shall pay to any person employed by that program or entity a salary or compensation, directly or indirectly, in excess of the salary provided for a similar position under the classification system of the State Personnel Board for a person with similar credentials, educational level, and directly related years of experience in the position. Any person whose current salary already exceeds the allowable amount as determined under this section shall be allowed to retain his or her current salary, but no increases shall be granted until such time as the allowable maximum salary under the classification system of the State Personnel Board exceeds the current salary paid to that person. Those programs and entities may adopt a system of compensation that includes additional compensation for Educational Benchmarks as allowed under the State
Personnel Board system. Further, the Department of Mental Health and the State Personnel Board shall collaborate in determining similarity of positions in those programs or entities affected by this Section to positions within the classification system of the State Personnel Board in any manner they deem appropriate to efficiently implement the provisions of this Section. Staff
of the State Personnel Board and the Department of Mental Health shall be the final authority in the determination of corresponding job titles and pay grades. Failure to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be cause to reduce or terminate funding received from the Department of Mental Health.
SECTION 24. Of the funds provided under the provisions of this act, Twenty-eight Thousand Dollars ($28,000.00) may be used to reallocate or reclassify PIN 3702 and PIN 3724 at the Ellisville State School.
SECTION 25. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, 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 26. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2003.