21.0271.01000
Sixty-seventh
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1012
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Appropriations Committee
1 A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of
2 human services; to provide an exemption; and to provide for a report.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. The funds provided in this section, or so much of the funds
5 as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state
6 treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and from special funds derived from federal funds and
7 other income, to the department of human services for the purpose of defraying the expenses of
8 its various divisions, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023, as
9 follows:
10 Subdivision 1.
11 MANAGEMENT
12 Governor's
13 Base Level Recommendation Appropriation
14 Salaries and wages $20,222,500 $19,448,486 $20,222,500
15 Operating expenses 134,438,862 218,018,827 134,438,862
16 Capital assets 50,000 75,000 50,000
17 Total all funds $154,711,362 $237,542,313 $154,711,362
18 Less estimated income 90,021,088 138,018,317 90,021,088
19 Total general fund $64,690,274 $99,523,996 $64,690,274
20 Subdivision 2.
21 PROGRAM AND POLICY
22 Governor's
23 Base Level Recommendation Appropriation
24 Salaries and wages $68,994,873 $119,558,021 $68,994,873
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1 Operating expenses 150,961,583 165,881,008 150,961,583
2 Capital assets 10,000 10,000 10,000
3 Grants 452,041,904 455,689,740 452,041,904
4 Grants - medical assistance 2,742,157,720 2,927,514,143 2,742,157,720
5 Total all funds $3,414,166,080 $3,668,652,912 $3,414,166,080
6 Less estimated income 2,232,568,138 2,386,024,372 2,232,568,138
7 Total general fund $1,181,597,942 $1,282,628,540 $1,181,597,942
8 Subdivision 3.
9 FIELD SERVICES
10 Governor's
11 Base Level Recommendation Appropriation
12 Human service centers $204,701,143 $167,518,312 $204,701,143
13 Institutions 137,476,480 126,691,941 137,476,480
14 Total all funds $342,177,623 $294,210,253 $342,177,623
15 Less estimated income 127,314,955 113,742,156 127,314,955
16 Total general fund $214,862,668 $180,468,097 $214,862,668
17 Subdivision 4.
18 COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE FINANCING
19 Governor's
20 Base Level Recommendation Appropriation
21 County social services $173,700,000 $177,158,738 $173,700,000
22 Total all funds $173,700,000 $177,158,738 $173,700,000
23 Less estimated income 173,700,000 175,835,515 173,700,000
24 Total general fund $0 $1,323,223 $0
25 Subdivision 5.
26 TOTAL - SECTION 1
27 Governor's
28 Base Level Recommendation Appropriation
29 Grand total general fund $1,461,150,884 $1,563,943,856 $1,461,150,884
30 Grant total special funds 2,623,604,181 2,813,620,360 2,623,604,181
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1 Grant total all funds $4,084,755,065 $4,377,564,216 $4,084,755,065
2 Full-time equivalent positions 2,230.23 2,221.63 2,230.23
3 SECTION 2. ONE-TIME FUNDING. The following amounts reflect the one-time funding
4 items approved by the sixty-sixth legislative assembly for the 2019-21 biennium:
5 One-Time Funding Description 2019-21 2021-23
6 Technology projects $13,785,658 $0
7 Capital projects - life skills and transition center 4,277,165 0
8 Capital projects - state hospital 2,493,500 0
9 Medically complex children provider funding 977,603 0
10 Hyperbaric oxygen therapy grant 335,000 0
11 State hospital study 200,000 0
12 Total all funds $22,068,926 $0
13 Less estimated income 20,556,323 0
14 Total general fund $1,512,603 $0
15 SECTION 3. FUNDING TRANSFERS - EXEMPTION - AUTHORIZATION - REPORT.
16 Notwithstanding section 54-16-04, the director of the office of management and budget shall
17 transfer appropriation authority between line items within subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of section 1 of
18 this Act for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023, as requested by the
19 department of human services. The department of human services shall notify the legislative
20 council of any transfer made pursuant to this section. The department shall report to the budget
21 section after June 30, 2022, any transfer made in excess of $50,000 and to the appropriations
22 committees of the sixty-eighth legislative assembly regarding any transfers made pursuant to
23 this section.
24 SECTION 4. FUNDING TRANSFERS - EXEMPTION - AUTHORIZATION - REPORT.
25 Notwithstanding section 54-16-04, the director of the office of management and budget shall
26 transfer appropriation authority from line items within subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of section 1 of this
27 Act to subdivision 4 of section 1 of this Act for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending
28 June 30, 2023, as requested by the department of human services. The department of human
29 services shall notify the legislative council of any transfer made pursuant to this section. The
30 department shall report to the budget section after June 30, 2022, any transfer made in excess
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1 of $50,000 and to the appropriations committees of the sixty-eighth legislative assembly
2 regarding any transfers made pursuant to this section.
3 SECTION 5. ESTIMATED INCOME - HUMAN SERVICE FINANCE FUND. The estimated
4 income line item in subdivision 4 of section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $173,700,000 from
5 the human service finance fund for state-paid economic assistance and social and human
6 services.
7 SECTION 6. ESTIMATED INCOME - TOBACCO PREVENTION AND CONTROL TRUST
8 FUND. The estimated income line item in subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act includes the sum
9 of $6,000,000 from the tobacco prevention and control trust fund for defraying expenses in the
10 medical services division.
11 SECTION 7. ESTIMATED INCOME - COMMUNITY HEALTH TRUST FUND. The estimated
12 income line item in subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $32,400,000 from
13 the community health trust fund for defraying expenses in the medical services division.
14 SECTION 8. ESTIMATED INCOME - HEALTH CARE TRUST FUND. The estimated
15 income line item in subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $1,000,000 from
16 the health care trust fund for nursing facility operating margin adjustments.
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Statutes affected:
Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Appropriations Committee: 50-06-42, 50-24.1-37, 50-24.1-18.1
FIRST ENGROSSMENT: 50-06-42, 50-24.1-37, 50-24.1-18.1
Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Dever: 50-06-42, 50-11.1-14
Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Conference Committee: 50-06-42, 50-11.1-14, 50-24.1-02.7, 50-24.1-31
Enrollment: 50-06-42, 50-11.1-14, 50-24.1-02.7, 50-24.1-31, 50-24.1-37, 50-24.1-18.1