Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 2 PROPOSED TO

Cmte Sub for House Bill No.  805

BY: Representative Moody

     AMEND on line 37 by striking the period and inserting the following language:

"; however, if the Department of Mental Health is seeking to hire new professional or paraprofessional employees who work directly with patients or clients involved with department facilities and programs as replacements for professional or paraprofessional employees who leave employment with the department, then the State Fiscal Officer shall grant a hearing to the department on its appeal within three (3) days after notice of the appeal is given to the State Fiscal Officer. "

     AMEND FURTHER by inserting the following new subsection (3) after line 50 and renumbering the succeeding subsection:

     "(3)  A state agency may take any action that otherwise would be prohibited under subsection (1)(b) of this section if all of the funds to be expended to fund that action are federal funds."