Mississippi HB 1809: Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.

Bill Text

HB1809_S_Cmte_Amend_01 

Adopted

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 
PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1809

BY: Committee

���� Amend by striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1.� The following sum, or so much thereof 
as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund 
not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes of defraying the expenses of the 
Department of Rehabilitation Services for the fiscal year beginning 
July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.......................... 

............................................ $��� 
31,663,477.00.

SECTION 2.� The following sum, or so much thereof 
as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in any special fund in 
the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Rehabilitation Services 
which is comprised of special source funds collected by or otherwise available 
to the department for the support of the various offices of the department, for 
the purpose of defraying the expenses of the department for the fiscal year beginning 
July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025� 

............................................ $�� 
219,338,956.00.

���� SECTION 3.� Of the 
funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, Three Million Six Hundred 
Eighty-one Thousand Eight Hundred Two Dollars ($3,681,802.00) shall be derived 
from the Health Care Expendable Fund created in Section 43-13-407, Mississippi 
Code of 1972.� The above funds shall be allocated as follows:

���� Fully match all available 
federal

funds.............................. $���� 2,782,590.00.

���� Independent Living Program 
which

��������� includes the State 
Attendant

Care Program....................... $������ 854,903.00.

Deaf and hard of hearing................. $������� 
44,309.00.

SECTION 4.� Of the funds appropriated under the 
provisions of this act, the following positions are authorized:

� AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT:

Permanent:���� ���� 859

Time-Limited:� ���� 185

���� With the funds herein 
appropriated, it shall be the agency's responsibility to make certain that 
funds required for Personal Services for Fiscal Year 2026 do not exceed Fiscal 
Year 2025 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are added 
to the agency's Fiscal Year 2025 budget by the Mississippi Legislature. The Legislature 
shall determine the agency's personal services appropriation, which the State 
Personnel Board shall publish. In accordance with applicable laws, if an agency 
determines that its personal services amount is insufficient, the agency must 
contact the State Personnel Board. Any adjustment to the personal services 
amount must be approved by the State Personnel Director and the State Fiscal 
Officer after consultation with the Legislative Budget Office. Any adjustment 
shall be reported to the Legislative Budget Office and the House and Senate 
Appropriations Chairmen. The agency's personal services appropriation may 
consist of restricted funds for approved vacancies for Fiscal Year 2025 that 
may not be utilized for active Fiscal Year 2024 headcount. It shall be the 
agency's responsibility to ensure that the funds provided for vacancies are 
used to increase headcount and not for promotions, title changes, in-range 
salary adjustments, or any other mechanism for increasing salaries for current 
employees. If the State Personnel Board determines that an agency has used provided 
vacancy funds for any of the mechanisms previously listed, the State Personnel 
Board shall not process any additional salary actions for the agency in the 
current fiscal year, except for new hires determined by the State Personnel 
Board to be essential for the agency. It is the Legislature's intention that no 
employee salary falls below the minimum salary established by the Mississippi 
State Personnel Board.

���� Additionally, 
the State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected annualized 
payroll costs based on current employees. It shall be the responsibility of the 
agency head to ensure that actual personnel expenditures for Fiscal Year 2025 
do not exceed the data provided by the Legislative Budget Office. If the 
agency's projected cost for Fiscal Year 2025 exceeds the annualized costs, no 
salary actions shall be processed by the State Personnel Board except for new 
hires determined to be essential for the agency.

���� Any 
transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions, 
and procedures established by law or allowable under the terms set forth within 
this act. The State Personnel Board shall not escalate positions without 
written approval from the Department of Finance and Administration. The 
Department of Finance and Administration shall not provide written approval to 
escalate any funds for salaries and/or positions without proof of availability 
of new or additional funds above the appropriated level.

���� No 
general funds authorized to be e