HB1551 - Conference Report

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, to the Department of Human Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004..... $ 76,096,200.00.

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 Department of Human Services which is comprised of special source funds collected by or otherwise available to the department for the support of the various divisions of the department, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004..............................................................

........................................... $ 375,349,150.00.

SECTION 3. None of the funds appropriated by this act shall be expended for any purpose that is not actually required or necessary for performing any of the powers or duties of the Department of Human Services that are authorized by the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, state or federal law, or rules or regulations that implement state or federal law.

SECTION 4. With the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2, the following positions are authorized:

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 3,367

Part Time 8

Time-Limited:Full Time 702

Part Time 3

Any person within the Office of Youth Services classified as Youth Services Counselor Aide I, Youth Services Counselor Aide II, Youth Services Counselor Aide III, Security Officer I, Security Officer II, Security Officer III, Recreation Supervisor, General Services Employee I, General Services Employee II, Youth Services Counselor I, Youth Services Counselor II, and Youth Services Counselor III, who must work on a statutory holiday or any holiday proclaimed by the Governor, may at the discretion of the superintendents of the institutions and the Executive Director of the Office of Youth Services and within available personnel funds, be paid "call back pay" in lieu of "compensatory time credit."

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Youth Services shall have the authority to accept from any source including, but not limited to, proceeds from sale of vehicles, equipment or any other property which becomes obsolete or is no longer needed. It is the intent that such funds will be approved for allocation and expenditure in a manner consistent with the rules and regulations of the Department of Finance and Administration.

With the funds herein appropriated, it is the intention of the Legislature that it shall be the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for "Personal Services" for Fiscal Year 2005 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2004 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2005 budget by the Mississippi Legislature. Based on data provided by the Legislative Budget Office, the State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected annual cost to fully fund all appropriated positions in compliance with the provisions of this act. It shall be the responsibility of the agency head to insure that no single personnel action increases this projected annual cost and/or the Fiscal Year 2004 appropriation for "Personal Services" when annualized. If, at the end of any calendar month, the State Personnel Board determines that the agency has taken action(s) which would cause the agency to exceed this projected annual cost or the Fiscal Year 2004 "Personal Services" appropriated level, when annualized, then only those actions which reduce the projected annual cost and/or the appropriation requirement will be processed by the State Personnel Board until such time as the requirements of this provision are met.

It is the intention of the Legislature that the Executive Director of the Department of Human Services may transfer between the various divisions authorized herein both funds and positions not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the receiving division consistent with the provisions of Section 1 of this act. Provided, however, that no county office positions shall be transferred to any regional office or to the state office. The Executive Director of the Department of Human Services shall submit written justification for the transfer to the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration on or before the fifteenth of the month prior to the effective date of the transfer. It is further the intention of the Legislature that any transfers made under the provisions of this paragraph shall be of an emergency nature and that in no case shall the transfers be made which substantially alter the legislative intent for the various divisions or offices as set forth in the original appropriations made under this act.

Any transfers within major object of expenditure within each specific budget 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 5. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Human Services shall maintain complete accounting and personnel records related to the expenditure of all funds appropriated under this act and that such records shall be in the same format and level of detail as maintained for Fiscal Year 2003. It is further the intention of the Legislature that the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2005 shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2004 budget request process.

SECTION 6. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, Two Million Eighty-six Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-three Dollars

($2,086,683.00) is provided for the support of a contract with the State Board of Community and Junior Colleges Industrial Training Program for the training of TANF clients.

These funds shall be transferred to the State Board of Community and Junior Colleges Industrial Training budget and shall be expended in accordance with Sections 37-31-103 through 37-31-111, Mississippi Code of 1972. Training will be conducted in the areas outlined in Section 37-31-103(2) for TANF recipients. The terms and provisions for program operation will be established through a nonfinancial agreement between the State Board of Community and Junior Colleges and the Mississippi Department of Human Services. This nonfinancial agreement will be initiated by the State Board of Community and Junior Colleges in accordance with current laws, rules and regulations as approved by the State Board of Community and Junior Colleges.

Identification, eligibility, certification, enrollment, follow-up, performance standards and sanction liabilities of the TANF clients will be the sole responsibility of the Department of Human Services.

SECTION 7. None of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 shall be used to pay any contractor that is not a successful bidder for genetic paternity testing services bid by the Department of Human Services.

SECTION 8. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) shall be transferred to the Department of Health, Child Care Licensure Program from the Child Care Development Fund or other appropriate special fund. These funds are to be transferred to the Board of Health no later than July 31, 2003. The Department of Health shall make a complete accounting to the Department of Human Services detailing the uses of these funds in accordance with federal and state regulations.

SECTION 9. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Human Services contract with the Department of Health to operate the School Nurse Teen Pregnancy Prevention Pilot Program as described in House Bill No. 766 of the 1997 Legislative Session, in compliance with all applicable TANF federal and state regulations.

SECTION 10. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Human Services have authority to escalate the various budgets only in the major objects of Contractual Services and Subsidies and only with the approval of the State Fiscal Officer, from special funds collected or available from the TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Grant, in the current or any prior fiscal year, not to exceed Seventy-one Million Dollars ($71,000,000.00). Upon such approval, the Department of Human Services may expend such funds in the manner authorized by law.

The Executive Director of the Department of Human Services shall submit to the Department of Finance and Administration a certified statement providing a detailed explanation for any escalation and an assessment of the impact on the agency's General Fund budget for the three (3) fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the escalation is requested. A copy of this submission shall be sent to the Legislative Budget Office.

SECTION 11. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000.00) of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) federal funds shall be transferred to the Office of the Attorney General for the purpose of subgranting with entities which will develop and implement programs that serve unmet needs of "at risk" youth in the state, including but not being limited to, Boys and Girls Clubs, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Communities in Schools, and the State Coalition of Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). Of the funds authorized in this Section, not more than Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) shall be allocated among Boys and Girls Clubs, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and Communities in Schools, and not more than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) shall be allocated to the State Coalition of Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). The Attorney General shall administer the transferred TANF funds.

SECTION 12. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2 and allocated in Section 4, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) shall be used to defray the cost of the Amer-I-Can Program as established in House Bill No. 1109, 2001 Regular Session.

SECTION 13. None of the above funds shall be used to hire employees under Personal Service Contracts except for Personal Service Contracts for the Office for Children and Youth - Child Care and Office for Children and Youth - Child Care Managers.

SECTION 14. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby reappropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Human Services for expenditures pursuant to Senate Bill No. 2327, 2003 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004...................................... $ 900,000.00.

Notwithstanding the amount reappropriated under the provisions of this section, in no event shall the amount expended exceed the balance as of June 30, 2003, or change the purpose for which the funds were originally authorized.

The department is authorized to escalate, budget and expend special funds received from any source to carry out the provisions of this section and is authorized to establish full-time permanent Department of Human Services protective service Social Worker positions as necessary.

SECTION 15. 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 16. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2003.


CONFEREES FOR THE HOUSE	CONFEREES FOR THE SENATE

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Charlie Capps, Jr.	Jack Gordon

X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
Bobby Moody	Vincent Scoper

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Frank Hamilton	Johnnie E. Walls, Jr.