2. OMBUDSMAN SERVICES FOR FAMILY CARE RECIPIENTS [LFB Paper 560]
Funding Positions
PR $698,300 1.00
Governor/Legislature: Provide $255,200 in 1999-00 and $443,100 in 2000-01 and 1.0 position, beginning in 1999-00, to support contracting for ombudsman services for recipients of the new Family Care benefit. Funding for these services would be claimed by DHFS as medical assistance administration costs and transferred to the Board. The additional position for the Board would supervise these contracts.
Require the Board to contract with one or more organizations to provide advocacy services to potential or actual recipients of the Family Care benefit or their families or guardians. Prohibit the Board from contracting with any organization that is a resource center, a care management organization, a provider or an affiliate of a provider of long-term care services. Require the advocacy services to include all of the following: (a) information, technical assistance and training about how to obtain needed services; (b) advice and assistance in preparing and filing complaints and appeals of complaints; (c) assistance in negotiation and mediation; (d) assistance regarding the appropriate interpretation of statutes, rules, or regulations; and (e) assistance in administrative hearings and legal representation for judicial proceedings.
[Act 9 Section: 41]
3. REGIONAL OMBUDSMAN POSITION SALARIES
GPR $73,200
PR 10,600
Total $83,800
Governor/Legislature: Provide $36,600 GPR and $5,300 PR annually to reclassify the regional ombudsman positions into a higher pay range to improve recruiting and retention for these positions.
4. MEDIGAP COUNSELOR POSITION
Funding Positions
PR $73,400 1.00
Governor/Legislature: Provide $31,500 in 1999-00 and $41,900 in 2000-01 and 1.0 position, beginning in 1999-00, to maintain the current staffing level for the Medigap Helpline. One of the Board's three Medigap counselors is supported by a federal grant that expires on September 30, 1999. This item would maintain support for this position. The Medigap Helpline provides information to consumers regarding insurance policies available to supplement federal Medicare insurance coverage, including long-term care insurance.
5. MEDIGAP HELPLINE MAILINGS
PR $33,100
Governor/Legislature: Provide $15,400 in 1999-00 and $17,700 in 2000-01 to: (a) fund costs of mailings for the Medigap Helpline that are not currently reflected in the Board's operating budget ($12,300 annually); and (b) increase funding to support these mailings by 25% in 1999-00 and an additional 15% in 2000-01 ($3,100 in 1999-00 and $5,400 in 2000-01).
6. MISCELLANEOUS ADJUSTMENTS
PR $43,700
Governor/Legislature: Provide $10,100 in 1999-00 and $33,600 in 2000-01 to fund: (a) health insurance premiums ($1,800 in 1999-00 and $4,400 in 2000-01); (b) pay plan compensation reserves ($8,300 in 1999-00 and $16,600 in 2000-01); and (c) the 27th pay period ($12,600 in 2000-01).
7. COMPUTER LINK-UPS WITH REGIONAL OFFICES
GPR $33,600
Governor/Legislature: Provide $16,800 annually to fund ongoing costs for transmission lines that allow interactive communication and transmission of data between the Board's central office and the five regional offices.
8. REPLACE PHOTOCOPIER
PR $2,500
Governor/Legislature: Provide $2,500 in 1999-00 to replace the photocopier at the Board's central office. This amount, which represents approximately 40% of the estimated total cost of the new copier ($6,200), reflects the Medigap Helpline's share of the Board's office copying. The remaining 60% of the Board's copying costs are attributed to other functions. The Board would absorb the unfunded portion of the cost of the photocopier ($3,700).
9. OMBUDSMAN STAFF -- ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND FUNDING CHANGE [LFB Paper 235]
Joint Finance/Legislature: Delete $268,100 GPR and provide $321,200 PR in 1999-00 and delete $228,000 GPR and provide $348,000 PR in 2000-01 and delete 4.80 GPR positions and provide 6.80 PR positions in 1999-00 and delete 4.20 GPR positions and provide 7.20 PR positions in 2000-01 to reflect: (a) the conversion of 6.0 GPR positions to 6.0 PR positions supported by medical assistance administration funds transferred to the Board from DHFS; (b) the addition of 2.0 regional ombudsman positions (1.20 GPR positions and 0.80 PR position), beginning January 1, 2000; and (c) the addition of 1.0 regional ombudsman position (0.60 GPR position and 0.40 PR position), beginning January 1, 2001. The MA administrative funding increase is reflected under "Department of Health and Family Services -- Medical Assistance."
Veto by Governor [C-1]: Delete $16,000 GPR and $10,600 PR in 2000-01 to reflect the elimination of the third ombudsman position that would have been created in 2000-01. The veto also deletes $5,300 GPR in 2000-01 from the medical assistance benefits appropriation, although funding for this purpose is budgeted in the appropriation that supports contracts and inter-agency agreements for the administration of the MA program. The fiscal impact on medical assistance is reflected under "Health and Family Services -- Medical Assistance."
[Act 9 Vetoed Section: 172 (as it relates to 20.432(1)(a)&(k) and 20.435(4)(b))]
BONDING AUTHORIZATION
Budget Change Items
1. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDING AUTHORIZATIONS
Governor/Building Commission: Provide $1,064,109,900 in new general obligation bonding authority, as shown in the following table.
Joint Finance: Increase bonding authority by $178,479,100 so that $1,257,589,000 in new general obligation authority would be provided, as shown in the following table:
Assembly: Decrease bonding authority by $52,000,000 from the Joint Finance levels so that $1,205,589,000 in new general obligation bonding authority would be provided, as shown in the following table.
Senate: Increase bonding authority by $458,235,500 over the Joint Finance levels so that $1,715,824,500 in new general obligation bonding authority would be provided, as shown in the following table.
Conference Committee/Legislature: Increase bonding authority by $106,500,300 over the Joint Finance levels so that $1,364,089,300 would be provided, as shown in the following table.
Veto by Governor [A-15, B-48 and B-58]: Decrease bonding authority by $39,212,000 from the levels provided by the Legislature so that $1,324,877,300 in new general obligation bonding authority would be provided, as shown in the following table. As a result, the general obligation bonding authorizations would be reduced from the levels provided by the Legislature for the following purposes: (a) $20,000,000 associated with the creation of a heritage trust program in the State Historical Society; (b) $13,000,000 associated with the creation of a municipal flood control and riparian restoration bonding purpose in the Department of Natural Resources (DNR); (c) $4,100,000 associated with the creation of an urban stormwater loan bonding purpose under the Clean Water fund; (d) $2,000,000 associated with the urban nonpoint source cost sharing program purpose in DNR; and (e) $112,000 associated with the recreation boating development program purpose in DNR. (Summaries of these vetoes are provided in the individual agency summaries.)
Update summary schedules relating to bonding and debt service that appear for informational purposes.
[Act 9 Section: 171]
Building Conference
Commission Jt. Finance Assembly Senate Committee Act 9
Administration*
Educational Communication
Facilities $16,618,100 $18,067,800 $18,067,800 $0 $0 $0
Black Point Estate 0 0 0 -1,600,000 0 0
Agriculture, Trade Consumer Protection
Soil and Water 3,575,000 3,575,000 3,575,000 3,575,000 3,575,000 3,575,000
Conservation Reserve
Enhancement Program 0 0 0 40,000,000 40,000,000 40,000,000
Building Commission
Other Public Purposes 209,830,500 137,303,500 137,303,500 137,303,500 137,303,500 137,303,500
Housing State Agencies 68,419,000 68,419,000 68,419,000 68,419,000 68,419,000 68,419,000
Project Contingencies 7,955,200 7,955,200 7,955,200 7,955,200 7,955,200 7,955,200
Capital Equipment Acquisitions 21,058,300 21,058,300 21,058,300 21,058,300 21,058,300 21,058,300
Refunding Building Corp. Debt 0 -1,070,000 -1,070,000 -1,070,000 -1,070,000 -1,070,000
Milwaukee Police Athletic League 0 0 0 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
Swiss Cultural Center 0 0 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
Clean Water Fund
Safe Drinking Water Loan Program 3,870,000 3,870,000 3,870,000 14,080,000 14,080,000 14,080,000
Urban Stormwater Loan Program 0 4,100,000 4,100,000 4,100,000 4,100,000 0
Corrections
Correctional Facilities 91,840,500 102,998,800 102,998,800 102,998,800 102,998,800 102,998,800
Juvenile Correctional Facilities 1,285,000 1,285,000 1,285,000 1,285,000 1,285,000 1,285,000
Self-Amortizing Facilities 3,700,000 0 0 0 0 0
Educational Communications Board
Educational Communications
Facilities 2,957,000 * 9,713,700 * 9,713,700 * 12,638,700 * 304,000 304,000
Self-Amortizing Educational
Communications Facilities 5,307,000 0 0 0 0 0
Transfer Bonding Authority
to DOA -16,618,100 -18,067,800 -18,067,800 0 0 0
