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NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Tentative Agenda
BUDGET SECTION
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Senate Chamber, State Capitol
Bismarck, North Dakota
| 11:00 a.m. |
Call to order
Roll call
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| 11:05 a.m. |
Review by the Legislative Council staff of the
Legislative Council rules of operation and procedure |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Presentation by a representative of the Office
of Management and Budget on the status of the state general fund and the
temporary Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) changes
and essential government services grant provisions of the Jobs and Growth
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 |
| 11:40 a.m. |
Presentation by a representative of Minot State
University of a request to increase spending authority for the remodeling
of the Old Main auditorium project |
| 12:00 noon |
Luncheon recess |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Consideration of the following state agency
requests that have been authorized by the Emergency Commission and require
consideration by the Budget Section:
- Department of Human Services (Request #1439) - To
transfer $200,000 from the operating line item of the management subdivision
and $2,430,100 of the human service center operations line items to
the grants - medical assistance line item in the economic assistance
subdivision to provide a total of $2,630,100 to use as state matching
funds for the medical assistance program, and to increase federal funds
spending authority by $22 million for the federal share of medical assistance
payments associated with deficiency appropriations provided by the 2003
Legislative Assembly of $16.3 million from the health care trust fund
and permanent oil tax trust fund
- Department of Human Services (Request #1440) - To
increase federal funds spending authority by $2,693,000 and other funds
spending authority of $472,000 from third-party collections to provide
a total of $3,165,000 for providing funding for substance abuse prevention
and treatment programs at the North Central ($850,000), Lake Region
($35,000), Northeast ($730,000), Southeast ($1,075,000), and South Central
($475,000) Human Service Centers
- Department of Human Services (Request #1441) - To
increase federal funds spending authority by $2,750,000 for providing
grants in the children and family services program for foster care and
subsidized adoption services
- Department of Human Services (Request #1442) - To
transfer appropriation authority from the operating expenses line item
to the grants - assistance payments line item of the economic assistance
subdivision in the amount of $2,753,000 for providing additional funding
under the low-income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP) for the
remainder of the 2001-03 biennium
- Veterans Home (Request #1443) - To add 8.28 full-time
equivalent positions to the existing 2003-05 appropriation for additional
staffing needed for the addition of eight skilled care nursing beds
approved by the 2003 Legislative Assembly
- Veterans Home (Request #1444) - To transfer $75,000
of spending authority from the salaries line item to the operating line
item for additional unanticipated expenses related to the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act, performance audit fees, board member
meeting and travel costs, and costs related to hiring the new administrator
and accounting manager
- Office of Adjutant General (Request #1446) - To receive
$81,000 from the Emergency Commission's contingency fund and to
increase other funds spending authority to accept the funds for expenses
related to firefighting missions conducted in McLean County in April
2003 ($31,000) and for a reserve for unforeseen future disasters ($50,000)
- Department of Commerce - Community Services Division (Request
#1447) - To increase federal funds appropriation authority
by $3.5 million to accept and spend funds from the Department of
Human Services as a result of LIHEAP expenditures being less than the
funding made available. These available funds may be used for the Division
of Community Services weatherization assistance program.
- Parks and Recreation Department (Request #1448) -
To transfer $140,000 of spending authority from the operating line item
to the equipment line item for the purchase of a snowmobile trail groomer
- Division of Emergency Management (Request #1450)
- To receive $149,479.04 from the Emergency Commission's contingency
fund and to increase other funds spending authority to reimburse federal
agencies for expenses related to firefighting activities in July 2002
and April 2003 - Emergency Commission approved with the added stipulation
that any unused funds due to lower than anticipated invoicing by federal
agencies are to be returned to the state contingency fund
- Office of Management and Budget (State Radio Communications)
(Request #1452) - To transfer $57,000 of spending authority
from the operating line item to the salaries and wages line item ($22,000)
and equipment line item ($35,000) for higher than anticipated costs
related to overtime and fringe benefit costs and the replacement of
analog radio base stations with digital base stations in accordance
with the plan for the replacement of the state radio infrastructure
- Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Prisons Division
(Request #1453) - To transfer $725,000 of spending authority
from the security and safety line item to the support services line
item for deficiencies in funding for medical expenses related to the
retention of nurses as well as expenses for pharmaceuticals and institutional
fees
- Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Field Services
Division (Request #1454) - To transfer $100,000 of spending
authority from the institutional offender services line item to the
victim services line item to pay pending crime victim compensation claims
- State Department of Health (Request #1455) - To increase
2003-05 federal funds spending authority and the operating line item
by $781,889 to fund a University of North Dakota study relating to the
circumstances and characteristics of North Dakotans who do not have
health insurance and to devise a plan to increase the number of people
with health insurance and to improve access to health care services
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| 1:45 p.m. |
Presentation by the Legislative Council staff
of the following reports:
- 2003-05 biennium analysis of legislative changes to the executive
budget (including supplemental and statistical information regarding
state appropriations)
- 2003-05 biennium budget status report on appropriations and estimated
revenues
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Presentation by the Legislative Council staff
on the duties and responsibilities of the Budget Section for the 2003-05
biennium |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Distribution by the Legislative Council staff
of correspondence from ethanol plants receiving production incentives from
the state |
| 2:50 p.m. |
Committee discussion and staff directives |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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