Appropriates $22,422,800 to the Department of Administration for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 140; provides a dedicated fund cash transfer; directs the health insurance plan for state employees; and provides legislative intent for use of funds for a specific purpose.

This is the FY 2018 appropriation to the Department of Administration in the amount of $22,422,800 with full-time equivalent positions capped at 140. It includes $115,400 for the increased cost of benefits, $9,000 in inflationary adjustments, $65,400 for replacement items, $28,600 for statewide cost allocation, $255,300 for an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees, and $100 for cybersecurity insurance. This bill also provides funding for nine items: Line item 1 provides funding for procurement training, line item2provides$1,000,000fornewofficespacefortheDivisionofPurchasing, lineitem3provides$69,700 for a claims adjudicator in the Office of Risk Management, line item 4 provides $78,900 for an IT security analyst, line item 5 is a shift of $59,100 from operating expenditures to personnel costs that nets to zero to fund a construction field representative in the Division of Public Works, line item 6 provides $49,000 for an email security license, line item 7 provides $99,900 for a licensing IT systems position, line item 8 provides $545,000 for increased firewall capacity, and line item 9 provides $52,600 for a cybersecurity penetration test. Section 4 of this act provides direction to the Office of Group Insurance regarding the state employee health insurance plan. Section 5 of this act provides legislative intent on the specific use of funds for the purchase of new office space for the Division of Purchasing related to line item 2.