1999


SENATE BILL 99-182

BY SENATORS Lacy, Owen, and Tanner;

also REPRESENTATIVES Tool, Berry, and Saliman.

CONCERNING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1. Part IX of section 2 of chapter 336, Session Laws of Colorado 1998, is amended to read:

Section 2. Appropriation.


PART IX

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT















(1) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE












Personal Services

8,687,165














( 161.9 FTE)













Health, Life, and Dental

2,001,490













Short­term Disability

97,434













Salary Survey, Anniversary Increases, and Shift Differential

3,051,361













Workers' Compensation

648,000













Operating Expenses

1,450,009













Legal Services for 9,730 hours

477,840













Purchase of Services from Computer Center

1,676,377













Payment to Risk Management and Property Funds

52,500














41,300













Vehicle Lease Payments

164,346













Leased Space

3,237,034













Capitol Complex Leased Space

39,187














37,456













Utilities

159,782













Displaced Homemakers

103,065














(0.5 FTE)













Information Technology Replacement116

623,252













Statewide Indirect Cost Assessment

1,464















22,470,306






6,470,801

a

1,023,992

b

14,975,513




22,457,375






6,467,076

a

1,023,398

b

14,966,901
















a Of this amount, $1,500,971 $1,500,107 shall be from the Employment Support Fund, $98,616 $98,559 shall be from local government and other payments for services, and $4,871,214 $4,868,410 shall be from other cash fund sources within the Department.

b Of this amount, $392,440(T) $391,846(T) shall be from statewide indirect cost recoveries, $11,323(T) shall be from the Department of Human Services, $4,007(T) shall be from other government agencies, $486,470 shall be from reserves in the Major Medical Insurance Fund and the Subsequent Injury Fund, $69,684 shall be from reserves in the Petroleum Storage Tank Fund, and $60,068 shall be from reserves in the Unemployment Insurance Revenue Fund.















(2) DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING70, 116a












(A) Unemployment Insurance Programs












Program Costs

21,148,716














21,248,716














(412.0 FTE)













Statewide Indirect Cost Assessment

1,189,954














22,338,670







83,000

a



22,255,670



22,438,670











22,355,670

b















a This amount shall be from the sale of transcripts.

b Of this amount, $100,000 shall be from federal Reed Act funds made avialable under Section 903 of the Social Security Act for the purpose of administration of unemployment insurance programs.















(B) Unemployment Insurance Fraud Program












Program Costs

1,003,433














(20.0 FTE)













Statewide Indirect Cost Assessment

8,476














1,011,909







507,135

a

504,774

b

















a This amount shall be from the Unemployment Insurance Revenue Fund.

b This amount shall be from reserves in the Unemployment Insurance Revenue Fund.















(C) Employment and Training Programs116, 117












Personal Services

12,416,625







3,241,399

a

32,929

(T)b

9,142,297










(66.0 FTE)


(0.7 FTE)


(178.5 FTE)


Operating Expenses

1,441,694







408,146

a

3,704

(T)b

1,029,844


Trade Adjustment Act Assistance

2,843,172











2,843,172


Job Training Partnership Act Programs

26,539,764











26,539,764














(48.0 FTE)


Welfare­to­Work Block Grant Programs117

9,878,865











9,878,865

c

Statewide Indirect Cost Assessment

228,073







50,774

a

519

(T)b

176,780



53,348,193



























a Of these amounts, $3,699,719 shall be from the Employment Support Fund and $600 shall be from county contracts.

b These amounts shall be from contracts with other government agencies.

c This amount shall be from the Welfare­to­Work Block Grant.















(D) Labor Market Information













Program Costs

1,967,606







11,626

a



1,955,980














(34.5 FTE)


Statewide Indirect Cost Assessment

26,583











26,583



1,994,189



























a This amount shall be from the sale of publications.

















78,692,961














78,792,961


























(3) DIVISION OF LABOR













(A) Administration, Statistics, and Labor Standards












Personal Services

564,331














(12.0 FTE)













Operating Expenses

62,208













Administrative Law Judge Services for 108 hours

9,234














10,224













Welfare Reform118

164,099














(4.0 FTE)














799,872









799,872

(T)a




800,862









800,862

(T)a

















a This amount shall be from statewide indirect cost recoveries.















(B) Public Safety and Inspection Programs












Personal Services

2,825,393














(56.3 FTE)













Operating Expenses

322,745













Statewide Indirect Cost Assessment

28,747














3,176,885







2,156,592

a

529,739

(T)b

490,554
















a Of this amount, $1,465,514 shall be from the Petroleum Storage Tank Fund pursuant to Section 8­20.5­103, C.R.S., $602,170 shall be from the Boiler Inspection Fund pursuant to Section 9­4­109, C.R.S., and $88,908 shall be from the Public Safety Inspection Fund pursuant to Section 8­1­151, C.R.S.

b Of this amount, $523,675 shall be from statewide indirect cost recoveries and $6,064 shall be from the Department of Public Health and Environment.

















3,976,757














3,977,747


























(4) DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION












(A) Workers' Compensation119













Personal Services

4,724,527














(106.4 FTE)













Operating Expenses

597,888













Administrative Law Judge Services for 17,037 hours

1,456,664














1,591,311













Medical Treatment Guidelines Study120

19,880













Case Tracking/Medical Data Reporting System

414,100













Physicians Accreditation

75,000













Utilization Review

76,000













Immediate Payment

10,000













Statewide Indirect Cost Assessment

89,688














7,463,747







7,453,747

a

10,000

b




7,598,394







7,588,394

a



















a Of this amount, $6,940,696 $7,075,343 shall be from the Workers' Compensation Cash Fund, $210,731 shall be from the Workers' Compensation Self­Insurance Fund, $151,320 shall be from the Cost Containment Fund, $75,000 shall be from the Physicians Accreditation Program Cash Fund, and $76,000 shall be from the Utilization Review Cash Fund. Of this amount, $151,000 is shown for the purposes of complying with the limitation on state fiscal year spending imposed by Article X, Section 20 of the State Constitution. Such moneys are included for informational purposes as they are continuously appropriated by Sections 8­42­101(3.6)(l), 8­43­501(2), and 8­44­206(3)(b), C.R.S.

b This amount shall be from reserves in the Immediate Payment Fund.















(B) Major Medical Insurance and Subsequent Injury Funds










Personal Services

1,120,765









1,120,765

a













(23.0 FTE)




Operating Expenses

125,000









125,000

a



Statewide Indirect Cost Assessment

196,070









196,070

a



Major Medical Benefits

6,000,000









6,000,000

b



Major Medical Legal Services for 448 hours

22,001









22,001

b



Subsequent Injury Benefits

5,200,000









5,200,000

c



Subsequent Injury Legal Services for 11,000 hours

540,210









540,210

c



Medical Disaster

15,000









15,000

b




13,219,046



























a Of these amounts, $1,181,539 shall be from reserves in the Major Medical Insurance Fund, and $260,296 shall be from reserves in the Subsequent Injury Fund.

b For the purposes of complying with the limitation on state fiscal year spending imposed by Article X, Section 20 of the State Constitution, these amounts from reserves in the Major Medical Insurance Fund are included for informational purposes as they are continuously appropriated by Section 8­46­202(1)(b), C.R.S.

c For the purposes of complying with the limitation on state fiscal year spending imposed by Article X, Section 20 of the State Constitution, these amounts from reserves in the Subsequent Injury Fund are included for informational purposes as they are continuously appropriated by Section 8­46­101(1)(b), C.R.S.

















20,682,793














20,817,440


























TOTALS PART IX














(LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT)4, 5


$125,822,817






$20,383,220


$16,124,575

a

$89,315,022




$126,045,523






$20,514,142


$16,124,971

a

$89,406,410
















a Of this amount, $1,774,533 $1,774,929 contains a (T) notation.

FOOTNOTES ­­ The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 2.

4 (Governor lined through this provision. See L. 98, p. 2193.)

5 All Departments, Totals ­­ The General Assembly requests that copies of all reports requested in other footnotes contained in this act be delivered to the Joint Budget Committee and the majority and minority leadership in each house of the General Assembly. Each principal department of the state shall produce its rules and regulations in an electronic format that is suitable for public access through electronic means. Such rules and regulations in such format shall be submitted to the Office of Legislative Legal Services for publishing on the Internet. It is the intent of the General Assembly that this be done within existing resources.

70 Department of Human Services, Self­Sufficiency, Colorado Works Program; and Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Employment and Training ­­ It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Labor and Employment, in conjunction with the Department of Human Services, pursue the purchase of a computerized job readiness software package in FY 1998­99. The Department is requested to review the training needs of the various employment­related programs for which each department is responsible, review the available software packages which may meet those needs, and identify existing resources which may be used to acquire a statewide license for any appropriate software packages. The Department is requested to report its findings regarding the purchase of any such software to the Joint Budget Committee by August 1, 1998. Further, if spending authority is required, the Department is requested to submit a subsequent supplemental budget request accordingly.

116 Department of Labor and Employment, Executive Director's Office, Information Technology Replacement; and Division of Employment and Training, Employment and Training Programs ­­ The Department is requested to submit any FY 1999­2000 funding requests for information technology replacement as a separate decision item.

116a Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Employment and Training ­­ It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department develop a plan to achieve efficiencies in the administration of Unemployment Insurance and Employment Programs. This plan shall include estimated implementation costs, an implementation schedule, and information on how the department intends to decrease costs in the Division in order to adjust to expected federal funding levels. This plan shall be submitted to the Joint Budget Committee no later than November 16, 1998.

117 Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Employment and Training, Employment and Training Programs; and Welfare­to­Work Block Grant Programs ­­ It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department count a portion of the General Fund or cash funds exempt appropriated to the Department of Human Services, Self­Sufficiency, for Colorado Works Program County Block Grants, as the state match for federal Welfare­to­Work block grant funds. However, it is the intent of the General Assembly that only that portion of such funds that exceeds the minimum federal maintenance of effort requirement for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program be used in such a manner.

118 Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Labor, Administration, Statistics, and Labor Standards, Welfare Reform ­­ The Department is requested to provide, no later than January 1, 1999, a report to the Joint Budget Committee detailing the number of grievances filed, the number requiring mediation or arbitration and the outcome of each, and the amount of staff time involved in each.

119 Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation, Workers' Compensation ­­ The Department is requested to provide a report to the Joint Budget Committee on or before January 1, 1999, regarding the workers compensation self­insurance program. The report should include, by employer: The annual amount of losses incurred; the annual amount of claim expenditures; the total amount of outstanding labilities; and the amount of security held. The report should also include the number of and grounds for revoked permits and denied applications.

120 Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation, Workers' Compensation, Medical Treatment Guidelines Study ­­ The Department is requested to submit any FY 1999­2000 funding requests for this line item as a decision item.

SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.



____________________________ ____________________________

Ray Powers Russell George

PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES





____________________________ ____________________________

Patricia K. Dicks Judith M. Rodrigue

SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES



APPROVED________________________________________




_________________________________________

Bill Owens

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO