Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for fiscal year 2020.

This is the FY 2020 original appropriation bill for the Department of Juvenile Corrections. It appropriates a total of $53,272,500 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 414.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP; provides a 5.5% increase for the employer's share of PERSI contributions; and temporarily reduces the rate agencies pay the Division of Human Resources for its services. Funding for replacement items includes $720,200. For statewide cost allocation, $49,900 is provided. The bill also provides funding for the equivalentofa3%changeinemployeecompensationforpermanentemployees,withaminimumincreaseof $550foreachemployeeandtheremainingamounttobedistributedbasedonmerit. Fundingfora3%upward shift in the compensation schedule is also included. The bill funds three line items, which provide $71,900 for education program manager pay; a net-zero transfer of $102,900 in General Fund trustee and benefit payments from the Community-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Program to the Institutions Program to be used as personnel costs for clinical staff pay; and $196,100 for instructor pay.