Idaho Bills

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.