Appropriates $240,321,600 to the Department of Correction for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 1,972.85.

This bill appropriates $240,321,600 to the Department of Correction for FY 2017 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 1,972.85. The bill includes funding for the employer's share of increased benefit costs, inflationary adjustments, replacement items, and statewide cost allocation. It provides for an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of agency heads and funds the 27th payroll. Department-wide, the following line items are also included: $2,193,100 for year two of the department's security officer retention plan; $36,100 for encrypted radios in District 7; $229,000 for security cameras; $264,800 for an access control system; $169,000 for door operators as ISCI; $26,100 for a fire alarm system; $142,500 for six vehicles; $7,000 for an HVAC system; $242,300 for population-driven costs in the Correctional Alternative Placement Program; $823,200 for population-driven costs in the Medical Services Program; $3,106,100 for hepatitis-C treatment; a reduction of $3,773,300 for population-driven costs in the County and Out-of-State Placement Program; $105,000 for the Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA) program; and the net-zero reallocation of 43.00 FTP, along with their associated personnel costs and operating expenditures, in order to decentralize and defund Offender Programs and redistribute headquarters staff.