Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Amends FY 2019 Appropriations Act to make corrections to appropriations and language to conform with sponsors' original intent.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act to Amend "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved , 2018 (P.L.2018, c. ).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following appropriations table in section 1 of P.L.2018, c. , the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2019, is amended to read as follows:
74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development 37 Cultural and Intellectual Development Services DIRECT STATE SERVICES |
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05-2530 Support of the Arts ................................................ |
$405,000 |
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06-2335 Museum Services .................................................. |
2,242,000 |
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07-2540 Development of Historical Resources ................................ |
789,000 |
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Total Direct State Services Appropriation, |
$3,436,000 |
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Cultural and Intellectual Development Services ................... |
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Direct State Services: |
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Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages ........................... |
($2,450,000) |
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Materials and Supplies ........................ |
(92,000) |
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Services Other Than Personal ............... |
(300,000) |
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Maintenance and Fixed Charges ............ |
(94,000) |
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Special Purpose: |
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07 New Jersey Historical Commission - Celebration of America ...................... |
(500,000) |
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2. The following language provision in section 1 of P.L.2018, c. , the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2019, is amended to read as follows:
94 INTERDEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS 70 Government Direction, Management, and Control 74 General Government Services 9420 Other Interdepartmental Accounts GRANTS-IN-AID |
The amount hereinabove appropriated for
Direct Support Professionals Wage Increase shall be used to provide a wage
increase to each direct support professional who provides children's behavioral
health services [and] or assists
children [and] or adults
with intellectual [and] or developmental
disabilities under a provider [contracts] contract or fee-for-service agreement with the Department of Children and Families, the
Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services, [and] or the
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development. The
Commissioner of Human Services shall, effective July 1 2018, increase Community
Care Program and Supports Program reimbursement rates for the following service
categories: Career Planning, Community Based Supports, Community Inclusion
Services, Day Habilitation, Individual Supports, Prevocational Training,
Respite, and Supported Employment. The increased rates for these eight identified
services in the Supports Program and Community Care Program shall be used to
calculate an increase to individual participant budgets in order to support the
same level of service. The Commissioner
of Children and Families [, the Commissioner of Human Services,] and the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce
Development shall each modify service provider contracts or
fee-for-service rates as necessary to ensure
receipt of [this] a wage
increase by each direct support professional beginning October 1, 2018 ,
and require that each direct support
professional receives the same percentage wage increase. Amounts shall be transferred to departments and
divisions contracting with community care providers in order to provide the
appropriate upward contract adjustment. [Contract
adjustments to all eligible providers shall ensure that each direct support professional
receives the same percentage wage increase.] No later than October 1, 2018, the Director of the
Division of Budget and Accounting shall submit a report to the Joint Budget
Oversight Committee detailing, for each department and division: the specific
community care providers that will receive an upward contract adjustment in
FY2019; for each provider receiving an upward adjustment, the direct support
professional wage base dollar amount upon which each contract adjustment was
calculated and the dollar amount of the upward contract adjustment to be
received in FY2019; the sum of the contract bases of all community providers
receiving an upward adjustment; an explanation of how the amounts associated
with the upward contract adjustment were calculated; and the manner in which
the department or division administering each contract will ensure that the
contract adjustment will be used to provide increased payments to direct
support professionals.
3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018, but shall remain inoperative until the enactment into law of the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, P.L.2018, c..
STATEMENT
This bill makes corrections to the FY 2019 Appropriations Act due to technical errors in drafting. Specifically, it inserts missing text to specify that $500,000 of appropriations already included in the Department of State are intended for the New Jersey Historical Commission - Celebration of America. It also modifies language concerning the allocation of $20 million for direct support professionals wage increases. In both cases, changes correct the Appropriations Act to match what the sponsors had originally intended, and to match the "score sheet" documents made available by the Office of Legislative Services upon introduction of the appropriations bill, which are often used by members of the Legislature and the public as summaries of the lengthy appropriations bill.