April 20, 2020
Governor’s Proposed Amendments to HB 29 and HB 30
Prepared by House Appropriations Committee Staff
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Overview• We are in unknown territory with regards to the financial
impacts of COVID-19 • Year-to-date revenues still exceed the forecast but we can
expect revenues to decline dramatically based on the massive economic contraction and unemployment levels• Virginia’s unemployment claims over past 4 weeks total almost
411,000, roughly 9% of the state’s workforce• Situation is so unprecedented we cannot make an accurate
reforecast at this time• Assumption is that conditions will stabilize enough to make a
reasonable forecast possible later this summer and General Assembly can convene a Special Session to implement budget reductions
• Current actions are interim measures to provide a hedge until enough information is available to implement longer-term solutions
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Governor’s Proposals for HB 29• The Governor’s proposed changes to HB 29, the “Caboose Bill,”
contain 37 amendments• Seven are financial in nature include:
• Removal of the $601.8 million voluntary deposit to the Revenue Reserve Fund;
• An increased appropriation of $50.0 million in Central Accounts for unbudgeted COVID-19 expenses;
• A balance reduction of $58.0 million to recognize funding for VDEM and DHCD already authorized pursuant to the Governor’s State of Emergency declarations
• The net result is an increase in the assumed July 1, 2020 unappropriated balance from $691.8 million to almost $1.2 billion which will carry forward into the next biennium
• Of the remaining 30 amendments, 26 are language items expanding flexibility and relaxing specific requirements to conduct business during COVID-19 and 4 additional language amendments are for other purposes
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Governor’s Proposals for HB 30• The proposed amendments to HB 30 total 144• 83 amendments are designed to “unallot” new discretionary
spending included in HB 30 as adopted• Set out in stand-alone items each agency’s budget• Specific programs and dollar amounts subject to the
unallotment are detailed in each amendment• Language stipulates that the spending will remain “on hold”
until the General Assembly has adopted a revised revenue forecast and verified sufficient revenues are available
• The unallotments total $874.6 million in FY 2021 and $1.4 billion in FY 2022
• This differs from spending reductions in that the General Assembly will have the opportunity to return in a Special Session and “unfreeze” the spending if the revenue outlook improves, or if the forecast declines further, choose what spending to eliminate for the biennium
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Governor’s Proposals for HB 30• An additional 12 amendments make other spending
changes, totaling $120.2 million. Largest items include:• Maintaining the current school counselor ratio for a savings
of $21.7 million in FY 2021 and $28.4 million in FY 2022• Eliminating the $65.0 million GF appropriation for
maintenance reserve within capital outlay
• The net change in general fund spending, when combined with the increases to the beginning balance resulting from actions taken in HB 29, increases the unappropriated balance from $13.7 million to $627.4 million at the close of the FY 2020-2022 biennium
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Summary of GF Spending Impacts Action FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022UnallotmentsUnallotments – Operating $0 $853,619,228 $1,380,344,407
Unallotments – Capital 0 20,956,290 0
Revenue Reductions
Remove Revenue Reserve Deposit (601,845,675) 0 0
COVID-19 Response 50,000,000 0 0
Reduce GF Support for VIPA 0 (6,100,0000) 0
Maintain Current School Counselor Ratio 0 (21,681,426) (28,395,270)
DMAS COVID-10 Response 308,239 1,032,955 0
Remove GF Support for MaintenanceReserve 0 (65,000,000) 0
Total GF Spending Impact (reductions plus unallotments) ($551,537,436) ($966,373,989) ($1,408,739,677)
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Governor’s Language in HB 30• Also included are 49 language amendments
• Of this total, 32 expand flexibility and relax specific requirements to facilitate the conduct of business during COVID-19 • Many of these are duplicates of amendments in HB 29
• Also included are 17 language amendments unrelated to COVID-19• These include 10 technical corrections (Amendments 7,
11, 69, 100, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 122)• And 7 non-COVID-related substantive changes
(Amendments 74, 92, 97, 107, 114, 118, 120)
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Governor’s Proposals – Other Legislation
• In addition to the 2 budget bills, the Governor has proposed amendments to 23 other bills that were considered by the Appropriations Committee• In total, the Governor has proposed amendments to 96
bills and vetoed 1 bill
• Among the bills with amendments considered by the Committee, 12 have delayed enactments, 12 have technical changes, and 10 have amendments more substantive in nature (note: some fall into more than one category)
• Staff have compiled a write-up of the amendments to each bill considered by the Committee which is available on the HAC web site
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Secretary of AdministrationNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Compensation Board Additional funding for SAVIN $600,000 $600,000Adjust entry-level salary increases for regional jail officers 2,668,059 2,910,609Adjust salary for circuit court clerks 1,820,339 1,985,824Adjust salary of constitutional office staff 260,230 260,230Establish a three staff minimum for Circuit Court Clerk's offices 358,578 391,176Fund 25% of the staffing need for Sheriffs' 979,399 1,113,082Fund 25% of the staffing need for Commonwealth's Attorneys 1,350,989 1,433,928Fund position to address agency information technology needs 119,775 119,775Provide salary adjustment for Commissioners of Revenue 950,656 1,037,069Provide salary adjustment for Treasurers' offices 821,028 1,642,054Provide technology funding to Circuit Court Clerks' offices 1,000,000 1,000,000
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Secretary of Administration
New Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Department of General Services (DGS)
DGS review of DBHDS capital outlay operations $350,000 -
Department of Elections (ELECT)
Increase funding for local election officials 2,534,575 2,534,575
TOTAL FOR SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION $13.8 million $15.0 million
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Secretary of Commerce and TradeNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Economic Development Incentive Payments
Additional funding for the Governor's Motion Picture Opportunity Fund $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Additional support the Virginia Jobs Investment Program 2,000,000 2,000,000Department of Housing and Community DevelopmentAffordable Housing Pilot Program in Falls Church 2,000,000 0Eviction Prevention and Diversion Pilot Program 3,300,000 3,300,000Increased funding for Enterprise Zone Grants 250,000 250,000
Increased funding for the Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project 600,000 600,000
Increased funding for the Virginia Housing Trust Fund 23,000,000 23,000,000Increased support for Planning District Commissions 294,000 294,000
Increased support for the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) for broadband deployment 16,000,000 16,000,000
Industrial Revitalization Fund 500,000 500,000
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Secretary of Commerce and Trade
New Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Department of Labor and Industry
Funding to support compliance positions in the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health program $1,483,850 $1,483,850
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Office of offshore wind 387,500 387,500
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity Funding to establish a statewide strategic sourcing unit 370,565 741,130
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Expanded the Custom Workforce Incentive Program 0 4,679,613
Expanded the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program 12,500,000 0
Virginia Tourism Authority Increased funding for the Coalfield Regional Tourism Authority 100,000 100,000
Provided funding for Birthplace of Country Music expansion 50,000 0
TOTAL FOR SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND TRADE $63.8 million $54.3 million
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Secretary of Finance• The Governor’s proposed amendments unallot $300.0
million in FY 2022 proposed for deposit to the Revenue Reserve Fund and also unallot a new position for the Department of the Treasury (HB 30 Amd # 70 & 71)
• The budget retains: • Revenue generating activities at the Department of
Taxation related to worker misclassification and field audit staff
• Mandatory deposits to the Rainy Day Fund of $77.4 million GF in FY 2021 and $17.5 million GF in FY 2022
• Debt service payments of $57.8 million GF in FY 2021 and $113.9 million GF in FY 2022
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Elementary and Secondary EducationNew Spending Unallotted (in millions) FY 2021 FY 2022
Direct Aid to Public Education – School DivisionsIncrease salaries for funded Standards of Quality instructional and support positions $94.7 $192.5
Maximize pre-kindergarten access for at-risk three- and four-year-old children 35.0 48.4
Increase support for at-risk students 26.2 35.2
Cost of Competing Adjustment 9.6 10.0
Expand access to school meals 5.3 5.3
Enrollment loss 2.5 2.1
Provide no loss funding to localities 1.8 2.0
Alleghany-Covington consolidation 0.0 0.6
Direct Aid to Public Education – Grants & Aid to OrganizationsRecruit and retain early childhood educators 3.0 5.0
Increase support for Jobs for Virginia Graduates 1.7 1.7
Increase support for Communities in Schools 0.8 0.8
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Elementary and Secondary EducationNew Spending Unallotted (in millions) FY 2021 FY 2022
Direct Aid to Public Education – Grants & Aid to Organizations (continued)
Black History Museum and Cultural Center $1.3 $0.0
American Civil War Museum 1.0 0.0
Blue Ridge PBS 0.5 0.5
Increase support for YMCA Power Scholars Academies 0.5 0.5
Chesterfield Recovery High School 0.3 0.3
Brooks Crossing Innovation and Opportunity Center 0.3 0.3
Literacy Lab - VPI Minority Educator Fellowship 0.3 0.0
Emil and Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center 0.3 0.0
Active Learning grants 0.3 0.0
Bonder and Amanda Johnson Community Development Corp. 0.1 0.0
Western Virginia Public Education Consortium 0.1 0.1
Soundscapes - Newport News 0.1 0.0
TOTAL DIRECT AID UNALLOTMENTS $185.3 $305.0
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Elementary and Secondary EducationNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Department of Education, Central Office Operations
Address increased workload in the Office of Teacher Education and Licensure $136,514 $136,514
Develop the Virginia Learner Equitable Access Platform (VA LEAP) 0 7,131,000
Increase support for Virginia Preschool Initiative class observations and professional development 650,000 650,000
Support annual Education Equity Summer Institute 135,000 135,000
TOTAL $921,514 $8,052,514
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Higher EducationSpending Category Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022Colleges & Universities $119,166,183 $120,197,061
VIMS & Extension 2,040,356 2,140,054
SCHEV (retains student ombudsman funding) 6,395,375 11,195,375
EVMS, Higher Ed Ctrs, & Jefferson Labs 2,266,043 1,949,300
Online Virginia Network 1,000,000 1,000,000
Tuition Moderation Funding 54,750,000 25,000,000
State Library & Museums (retains Comm for Arts administrative cost funding) 5,060,069 5,254,688
Total Higher and Other Education $190,678,026 $166,736,478
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Health Dept.New Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Increase to Drinking Water State Revolving Fund grant $482,400 $482,400Drinking water program data management system 150,000 250,000Shellfish Safety Division positions 168,270 168,270Support for Office of Health Equity 150,000 150,000Wastewater infrastructure manager 131,880 131,880Rent for Local Health Departments 75,889 75,889New Behavioral Health Loan Repayment Program 1,600,000 1,600,000New Nursing Preceptor Incentive Program 500,000 500,000New Position for loan repayment & nursing incentive prog. 88,914 88,914Hampton Roads Proton Therapy Institute 1,500,000 1,500,000Poison Control Centers 1,500,000 0New Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Prevent Fund 750,000 750,000New Sickle Cell Patient Assistance Program 250,000 250,000New Community health worker pilot program 0 289,168Mel Learman Free Clinic 30,000 30,000Special Olympics 10,000 10,000
Total $7.4 million $6.2 million
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DMASNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Medicaid RatesIncrease Developmental Disability (DD) Waiver Provider Rates $25,034,884 $35,785,930Allow overtime for Personal Care Attendants 9,609,223 9,609,223 Increase rates for psychiatric residential treatment facilities 7,599,696 7,599,696 Increase Medicaid nursing facility reimbursement 6,794,541 6,984,788 Increase rates for skilled and private duty nursing services 6,245,286 6,245,286 Increase mental health provider rates 2,374,698 2,458,479 Increase rate for adult day health care 796,755 833,109 Modify nursing facility operating rates at four facilities 733,303 754,247
Increase rate by 9.5% for nursing homes w/special pops. 493,097 506,903 Supplemental payments for Children's National Medical Center 354,766 354,766 Medicaid MCO reimbursement for Durable Medical Equipment 345,621 352,534 Increase Medicaid rates for anesthesiologists 253,376 262,491 Modify capital reimbursement for certain nursing facilities 119,955 119,955
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DMASNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
ServicesAdd Medicaid adult dental benefits $8,743,420 $25,304,935
Enhance behavioral health services 3,028,038 10,273,553
Fund home visiting services 0 11,750,159
Add 250 DD Waiver Slots in FY 2022 0 4,133,500
Fund required medical residency slots 1,350,000 2,600,000
Extend FAMIS MOMS' postpartum coverage to 12 mos. 1,114,936 2,116,376
Fund costs of Medicaid-reimbursable STEP-VA services 486,951 2,293,826
Expand opioid treatment services 421,476 1,273,633 Provide care coordination prior to release from incarceration 347,803 465,440 FAMIS MOMS - Add inpatient substance use disorder treatment 307,500 356,775
Expand Medicaid Works for individuals with disabilities 114,419 228,838
Expand tobacco cessation coverage 34,718 34,718
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DMASNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
EligibilityEliminate 40 quarter work requirement for legal permanent residents $1,172,091 $3,289,890
Administrative Items
Fund managed care contract changes 812,600 1,014,350
Exempt Live-in Caretakers from EVV Program 507,500 373,000
Medicaid rate setting analysis 300,000 0 Implement episodic payment models for certain conditions 75,957 124,707
Total DMAS Unallotments $79.6 million $127.5 million
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DBHDSNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Central OfficeIncrease statewide discharge assistance plans $7,500,000 $12,500,000
Pilot programs for facility census reduction 7,500,000 7,500,000
Expand the Virginia Mental Health Access Program 4,224,388 4,224,388
Administrative costs of STEP-VA 726,807 1,222,908
Provide grants to recovery residences 250,000 250,000 Alternative transportation from state hospitals to community 150,000 150,000
Adverse Childhood Experiences Initiative 143,260 143,260 Train workforce in preparation for behavioral health redesign 129,253 129,253
Jewish Foundation for Group Homes 89,396 35,818
Total Central Office DBHDS Unallotments $20.7 million $26.2 million
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DBHDSNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Grants to LocalitiesContinued implementation of STEP-VA* $19,704,173 $30,151,414 Increase permanent supportive housing capacity 8,500,000 17,000,000 Expand forensic discharge planning programs in jails 1,400,000 2,100,800 Total $29.6 million $49.2 million
Mental Health HospitalsIncrease funding for safety and security in state facilities $2,299,637 $3,066,182 Provide for increased pharmacy costs at state facilities 966,638 966,638 Add critical clinical staffing at the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents 765,428 765,428 Total $4.0 million $4.8 million
VA Center for Behavioral RehabilitationSupport expanded facility and census growth $536,003 $5,393,750
Total $0.5 million $5.4 million Grand Total for DBHDS $54.8 million $85.6 million *Language eliminates requirement that CSBs increase increase STEP-VA services beyond those funded in Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly, unless an appropriation and allotment of funds is made.
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DSSNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Child Welfare ServicesFund foster care and adoptions cost of living adjustments $2,262,173 $2,262,173 Fund the child welfare forecast 722,339 722,339 Continue Linking Systems of Care program 187,443 467,116 Create a driver's license program for foster care youth 100,000 200,000 Emergency approval process for kinship caregivers 75,000 75,000
Family First Prevention Services Act InitiativeFund local departments of social services prevention services $12,455,329 $17,437,461 Provide prevention services for children and families 3,410,050 8,410,050 Implement Family First evidence-based services 1,074,500 1,074,500 Fund an evaluation team for evidence-based practices 801,328 765,187
Benefits/OtherIncrease TANF cash assistance benefits by five percent $1,159,901 $1,159,901 Allocate one-time funding for the Laurel Center 500,000 0
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DSSNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Administrative Initiatives
Adjust local staff minimum salary to stabilize workforce $5,592,707 $5,592,707
Fund the replacement of the agency licensing system 2,220,134 431,638
Fund adult licensing and child welfare unit licensing 0 2,130,394
Fund emergency shelter management software and application 492,800 154,000
Improve planning and operations of state-run emergency shelters 188,945 152,117
Fund child welfare systems improvements 250,000 0
Fund 2-1-1 VIRGINIA contract costs 153,614 153,614
Total DSS Unallotments $31.6 million $41.2 million
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Other HHR AgenciesNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
CSARate study of Special Education Private Day Progs. $250,000 $0Training funds 50,000 50,000
DARSBrain injury services $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Centers for Independent Living 425,000 425,000
Dementia case management 150,000 150,000
Align personal care attendant rates with Medicaid 99,320 99,320
Jewish Social Services Agency 50,000 50,000
Wilson Workforce & Rehab. Ctr: Vehicle Purchase 80,000 0DBVI
Vocational rehabilitation services $1,583,020 $1,583,020Backfill federal funds for teachers 397,842 397,842
Total $4.1 million $3.8 million
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Unique HHR Unallotments• DMAS & DSS
• Amendments #13 and #16 (HB 29) and #80 and #89 (HB 30) require an estimate and report on the general fund savings that would be available due to the increase in the federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) from 50% to 56.2% during the COVID-19 emergency• Reported estimate must be by fiscal year, fiscal quarter,
service areas and fund detail• DPB is required to unallot the general fund savings• Preliminary estimate for DMAS is $331 million GF in FY 2020
for non-expansion Medicaid expenditures • Preliminary estimate for DSS is $5.6 million GF in FY 2020 for
Title IV-E foster care and adoption subsidy programs
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Ag & ForestryNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
VDACSEnhance economic growth and food safety in the Commonwealth $267,201 $256,701 Fulfill Virginia's phase III watershed implementation plan 240,021 185,021
Holiday Lake 4-H Center Improvements Project 250,000 0
Department of ForestryFulfill Virginia's phase III watershed implementation plan 433,016 433,016
Establish hardwood forest habitat program 154,000 521,842
Establish apprenticeship program 51,888 51,888
Plan for replacement of the agency's mission critical business system 44,250 0
Total $1.4 million $1.4 million
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Natural Resources – Major Items
New Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022WQIF Supplemental Deposits $3,800,000 $25,400,000Virginia Land Conservation Fund 5,500,000 5,500,000Battlefields Preservation Fund 250,000 250,000Dam Safety Funding 15,000,000 0Total $24.3 million $31.2 million
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DCRNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Support state park operations $556,000 $556,000
Provide for preventative maintenance needs at state parks 500,000 500,000
Natural Bridge State Park Operations 376,364 376,364
Riverfront Park Danville 740,000 $0
Provide funding for management of Green Pastures Recreation Area 342,678 209,509
Increase dam safety floodplain management positions 229,637 229,637
Establish a dam safety lead engineer position 170,758 170,758
Environmental Literacy Program 170,000 170,000
Mason Neck State Park Staffing 160,800 160,800
Pocahontas State Park New Cabin O&M 152,273 152,273
Total $3.4 million $2.5 million
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DEQ• Governor’s amendment unallots all new spending from
the Department of Environmental Quality not tied specifically to legislation• Unallotments total $18.1 million GF over the biennium
New Spending Unalloted FY 2021 FY 2022Water Protection $3,142,973 $8,309,747 Air Protection 1,386,451 1,978,451 Land Protection 1,659,834 1,659,834 Total $6.2 million $11.9 million
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Historic ResourcesNew Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Provides funding to the City of Alexandria to support cultural initiatives $2,443,000 $0
Provide funding for the Center for African-American History and Culture at Virginia Union University 1,000,000 0
Provide additional funding for Montpelier 1,000,000 0 Provides funding to the City of Richmond for cultural initiatives 1,000,000 0
Other one time funding 775,000 0Provides funding to the City of Charlottesville for cultural initiatives 500,000 0
Provide additional funding and positions for underwater archaeology program 159,479 159,479
Provides funding to the City of Staunton for the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library 250,000 0
Provide additional funding to support staff salaries 123,360 123,360 Provide funding to support a cemetery preservationist position 108,337 108,337
Provide funding to increase the Director's salary 15,968 15,968
Total $7.4 million $0.4 million
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VMRC
New Spending Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022Provide funding for the removal of a derelict barge in Belmont Bay $250,000 $0
Provide funding for a coastal resiliency manager position 78,250 78,150
Provide funding for a position in the fisheries observer program 81,795 57,695
Provide funding for outboard motors 96,436 0
Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Foundation 50,000 0
Provide funding for unmanned aerial vehicles 18,672 0
Total $575,153 $135,845
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Judiciary
New Spending Item Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022General District Courts
Fund additional district court clerk positions $5,732,280 $7,596,300 Fund additional judgeship for 19th Judicial District 323,437 323,437
Indigent Defense CommissionProvide funding for additional public defenders 3,798,726 5,698,089
Virginia State BarAdditional funding to hire additional housing attorneys to combat Virginia's housing crisis 1,500,000 1,500,000
Total $11.4 million $15.1 million
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DOCNew Spending Item Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Adjust salaries for correctional officers $6,831,121 $7,864,561
Fund pilot programs between the Department of Corrections and university health systems to provide offender medical care
3,646,925 5,935,253
Implement an electronic healthcare records system in all state correctional facilities $0 8,935,649
Transfer funding for the Department of Corrections' electronic health records system 3,000,000 3,000,000
Provide additional operating funds for Lawrenceville Correctional Center 994,331 994,331
Provide funding to study offender medical service delivery in state correctional facilities 500,000 0
Provide funding and two positions to support Board of Corrections jail investigations 170,125 226,832
Total $15.1 million $27.0 million
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DCJSNew Spending Item Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
State Aid to Localities with Police Departments $8,628,574 $8,628,574
Provide funding to expand pretrial and local probation services 2,300,000 2,300,000
Provide security grant aid to localities 1,500,000 1,500,000 Increase funding for pre-release and post-incarceration services 1,000,000 1,000,000
Immigration Legal and Social Services Grant Funding 250,000 250,000
Post Critical Incident Support for Law Enforcement Personnel 200,000 200,000
Total $13.9 million $13.9 million
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Other Public SafetyNew Spending Item Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
VDEMProvide funding to migrate software and agency-owned servers to the cloud $1,505,760 $1,043,336
Department of Fire Programs
Provide general fund appropriation to support one position 24,886 24,886
Department of Forensic Science
Fund information technology analyst positions 185,160 246,880
Fund laboratory equipment maintenance contracts 248,000 368,000
State Police
Fund record sealing reform legislation 108,800 0
Parole Board
Provide funding for part-time investigators 406,392 406,392 Provide funding for a part-time release planning coordinator position 42,319 42,319
Total $2.5 million $2.1 million
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Veterans and Defense AffairsNew Spending Item Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Department of Veterans Services
Provide funding for the National Museum of the United States Army $3,000,000 $0
Support mental health and benefits positions and fund maintenance and information technology needs 1,045,040 1,276,753
Virginia Women Veterans Program 106,139 106,139
Department of Military Affairs
Increase funding for state tuition assistance 250,000 250,000 Total $4.4 million $1.6 million
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Compensation• Amendments would unallot all funding provided for
compensation adjustments including bonuses and raises and funding to reduce the amortization period for state employee retiree health credit benefit by 5 years
New Spending Item Unallotted ($ in millions) FY 2021 FY 2022
Compensation Actions in Central Appropriations For State Employees and State Supported Local $118.2 $147.0
Funding for Teacher Salary Increase (DOE) 94.7 192.5
Targeted Salary Actions Within Agencies 17.1 18.6
Reduce Amortization for Retiree Health Credit 3.9 4.0
Total $233.9 $362.1
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Central Accts & Independent Agencies
New Spending Item Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022
Adjust Funding for Changes in the Cost of Rent for Enhanced Security $1,742,906 $2,518,778
Upgrade the Integrated Flood Observation and Warning System (IFLOWS) 1,000,000 1,000,000
Provide funding for Slavery and Freedom Heritage Site in Richmond 1,000,000 0
Adjust General Fund Support to Agencies for Increased Internal Service Fund Rates 161,465 223,189
Adjust funding to Agencies for Information Technology Auditors and Security Officers 180,746 180,746
Worker's Compensation: Additional Perk Kit Funding 4,708,576 4,708,576
Total $8,793,693 $8,631,289
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Capital Outlay
New Spending Item Unallotted FY 2021 FY 2022Accomack Hanger (Amd. #128) $1,000,000 $0Capital Planning (Amd. #132) 9,956,290 0Virginia Beach Project (Amd. #133) 10,000,000 0Total $20,956,290 $0
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Secretary of Commerce and Trade
• Virginia Employment Commission (HB 29 Amd #4 and HB 30 Amd #22): Language in House Bills 29 and 30 would authorize the Governor to override the administrative components of the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act in response to public health emergencies
• Department of Housing and Community Development (HB 30 Amds #15 & 16): Language in House Bill 30 provides flexibility for DHCD to use Housing Trust Fund dollars to respond directly to housing issues related to COVID-19 and waive match requirements for federal and state homelessness dollars
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Secretary of Commerce and Trade
• Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority (HB 30 Amd #24): Proposed amendment to House Bill 30 would allow the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing to use its incentive grant dollars to attract federal funds related to COVID-19 research
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Elementary & Secondary Education
• Department of Education: (HB 29 Amd #5 and HB 30 Amd #26) Language would authorize the Superintendent of Public Instruction to grant flexibility and waivers to Appropriation Act and Code provisions as needed due to COVID-19 related school closures• Examples of potential waivers include codified
requirements for SOL testing, certain coursework required for graduation, and renewal of teaching licenses
• Superintendent would be required to provide justification of waivers to the Secretary of Education, and report waivers granted to Board of Education and on agency website
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Elementary & Secondary Education
• Direct Aid to Public Education:• Language in HB 29 would permit suspension or proration
of Supplemental Lottery Per-Pupil payments in the event of Lottery revenue shortfall (HB 29 Amd #6)
• Language in HB 29 would waive local match requirements for SOQ and other K-12 funding for the 2019-20 school year, due to school closures (HB 29 Amd #7)
• Reverses $21.7M (FY 21) and $28.4M (FY 22) allocations to provide additional school counselors, and includes language in HB 30 to maintain current counselor staffing ratio, superseding HB 1508/SB 880 (HB 30 Amd #28)
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Higher Education• SCHEV (HB 30 Amd #30) – clarifies TAG eligibility and
allows for students potentially displaced in Fall 2020 due to COVID
• NSU & VSU (HB 30 Amds #39 & 51) – allows year-end OCR balances from state funds to be used for E & G or auxiliary enterprise needs
• Auxiliary Indirect Cost (HB 29 Amd #26 and HB 30 Amd #135) – provides flexibility from recovering the full amount of indirect cost to E & G due to refunds resulting from dorm & dining hall closures
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Higher Education• Higher Education Reserves (HB 29 Amd #29 and HB 30
Amd #139) – increases the amount allowable for higher education institutions to carry forward from unexpended E & G balances as a reserve from three to six percent
• Higher Education Treasury Loans (HB 29 Amd #31) –allows higher education institutions to request a treasury loan to address cash flow issues in auxiliary enterprise activities resulting from closure of certain auxiliary operations from COVID-19• Guidelines are to be developed by Secretary of Finance
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DMAS • Provides funding for the cost of federally allowed policy
changes such as expanding use of telemedicine, waiving service authorizations and eliminating cost sharing (HB 29 Amd #9 and HB 30 Amd #76)• $308,239 GF and $815,481 NGF in FY 2020• $1.0 million GF and $2.7 million in FY 2021
• Increases nursing home and specialized care rates by $20 per day per patient (HB 29 Amd #10 and HB 30 Amd #77)• Estimated at $5.9 million GF and $7.6 million NGF in FY 2020• Cost will be absorbed by Medicaid managed care plans who
must spend 85% of their Medicaid revenue on medical care or quality activities (medical loss ratio or MLR)
• Rules to prevent the spread of the coronavirus have resulted in lower medical costs to the plans, therefore the added spending for nursing homes will prevent the plans from incurring future liability for medical loss ratio’s below 85%
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DMAS • Provides temporary authority to make changes to medical
assistance programs (Medicaid, FAMIS, CHIP) in response to COVID-19 (HB 29 Amd #11 and HB 30 Amd #78)• Subject to approval by the Governor• Must be reported within 15 days of implementation to the Director
of DPB and the Chairs of the money committees• Example of possible action:
• Suspend replacement requirements for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies that are lost, destroyed, irreparably damaged, or otherwise rendered unusable such as, a face-to-face request, new physician’s order or new medical necessity documentation
• Provides authority to adjust payment dates in order to maximize available enhanced federal matching funds (HB 29 Amd #12 and HB 30 Amd #79)• For example, DMAS could advance capitation payments to MCOs at
the close of the enhanced FMAP eligibility period to ensure the maximum allowable federal funds are realized
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DBHDS• Provides temporary authority (HB 30 Amd #82) to:
• Relax requirements for annual unannounced licensing inspection of providers
• Extend the period of conditional licenses beyond 12 months until December 1, 2020
• Issue licensing status letters to prevent the lapse of children’s residential licenses due to inability to conduct an onsite inspection and extend the renewal period of licensed services
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DSS• Provides $66.0 million from the federal Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) pursuant
to the federal CARES Act for incentive grants to child care providers, emergency child care, to eliminate co-payments for child care subsidy program participants, and to extend absence days to temporarily closed centers (HB 29 Amd #14)
• Can use funds to:• Continue payment and assistance to child care providers in the case of decreased enrollment or
closures related to the coronavirus to assure they are able to remain open or reopen as appropriate
• Provide child care assistance to essential workers without regard to income eligibility requirements• Available to eligible child care providers even if they were not receiving CCDBG assistance prior to
the public health emergency for cleaning and sanitation, and other activities necessary to maintain or resume the operation of programs
• Payments may be obligated in this fiscal year or the succeeding two fiscal years
• Provides $2.0 million from federal Child Care Development Fund balances to provide full-day child care for school age children and sibling enrollment for families already approved for child care in response to COVID-19 pandemic (HB 29 Amd #15)
• Balances totaled $106 million as of December 31, 2019
• Exempts child day care programs from licensure if they serve children of essential personnel in need of child day due to the pandemic (HB 29 Amd #17 and HB 30 Amd #91)
• Waives background checks if completed within the prior two years• Allows for background check portability• Allows schools to operate emergency child care programs for essential personnel
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DSS • Provides temporary authority to make any changes to
relevant State Plans, request waivers from federal agencies, change eligibility criteria for benefits and services and payment levels for applicable programs in response to COVID-19 (HB 29 Amd #18 and HB 30 Amd#91)• Subject to written approval by the Governor• Must be reported within 15 days of implementation to the
Director of DPB and the Chairs of the money committees• Examples of possible action:
• Extend renewal dates for April, May and June for six months for SNAP, TANF and child care subsidy programs
• Increase the grant amount to the Federation of Virginia Food Banks
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Public SafetyDepartment of Corrections
• Authorizes the Director to release inmates or transfer them to lower levels of supervision (HB 29 Amd #21, HB 30 Amd #101)• Limited to duration of declared emergency in response to a communicable
disease or public health threat• Limited to inmates with will less than one year of sentence remaining, and
excludes inmates convicted of Class 1 felonies or sexual violent offenses• Authority expires July 1, 2021
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Transportation• Amendment to HB 30 (Amd #110) would suspend, for
FY 2021, the requirement for the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) to update 6-Year Program on an annual basis• SYIP adopted in June 2019 would stay in force for an
additional year
• Amendment to HB 30 (Amd #111) would give the CTB the authority to transfer appropriations between programs and Transportation Agencies as needed to ensure core services are provided regardless of revenue shortfalls
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Central Appropriations• Language in House Bills 29 and 30 would authorize the
Governor to appropriate federal relief funds for COVID-19 and any monies in the COVID-19 Relief Fund (HB 29 Amd #23 and HB 30 Amd #123)• The House Bill 29 amendment includes a $50 million GF
appropriation in FY 2020 for any required state matches to receive federal COVID-19 money or more general COVID-19 response efforts
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Capital Outlay• Capital Outlay General Conditions (HB 29 Amd #24 and
HB 30 Amd #126) – requests authority to delay the initiation or continuation of any capital project supported by state revenues
• C-61.60 Dept of Veterans Services (HB 30 Amd #129) –provides $1 million in VPBA bonds as state match for federal CARES act grants for renovations to Sitter-Barfoot (Richmond) and Roanoke Veterans Care Centers to prepare for COVID response
• C-64 Maintenance Reserve (HB 30 Amd #130) –supplants $65 million GF with bond proceeds
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Part III• Language amendment (HB 29 Amd #27) and (HB 30
Amd #136) extends the deadline to pay final state income taxes and sales taxes which were originally due March 20 without being charged interest• Eliminates interest charges for late income tax payments
due on or after April 1, 2020 if they are paid in full by June 1, 2020
• Eliminates interest charge on sales tax payments which were due March 20, 2020 if they are paid in full by April 20, 2020
• A technical amendment to Part III in House Bills 29 and 30 allows the State Comptroller to transfer end of the year federal (FEMA) cost recovery balances to the GF (HB 29 Amd #25 and HB 30 Amd #134)
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Part IV• Amendments to House Bills 29 and 30 provide the authority
for public bodies to conduct electronic meetings during a state of emergency when it is unsafe to meet in a single location (HB 29 Amd #28 and HB 30 Amd #137)• Outlines several steps a public body must take when convening
an electronic meeting, including public access and notice
• Amendments to House Bills 29 and 30 allow agencies or the Governor to change cost factors for services, and provide new services in response to COVID-19 without the direct authorization of the General Assembly (HB 29 Amds #32 & 33 and HB 30 Amds #141 & 142)• The Governor would have to authorize any change that relates
to the general fund
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Part IV• Amendments to House Bills 29 and 30 provide the Governor
with the flexibility to delay any report required by the Code of Virginia or the State Budget by a year (HB 29 Amd #35 and HB 30 Amd #143)• Agencies must directly request a delay from the Governor’s
office within 30 days of the report deadline
• An amendment to House Bill 29 delays elections scheduled for May 5th to November 3, 2020 (HB 29 Amd #36)• Permits any voter registered to vote in the November 3rd
election to vote for May 5th races included on the ballot• Extends the terms of office for current elected officials until
their successors are elected• Requires general registrars to destroy any absentee ballots or
requests to vote absentee for the delayed May 5th race
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Part IV• Expand Authority to Withhold Spending (HB 30 Amd #138) –
requests an expansion of the authority already contained in § 4-1.02 to withhold and unallot appropriations by eliminating the current 15 percent cap• Current language provides the Governor with the authority to
withhold agency appropriations under a specific process that requires a re-estimate of revenues and the creation of a written reduction plan
• Under current language, the Governor’s reduction authority is limited to 15 percent for any agency or institution and certain items such as debt service, employee benefit contributions and contracts for capital projects are excluded altogether
• Lastly, the current process provides that if the permissible actions under § 4-1.02 are not sufficient, then the General Assembly is notified so that a Special Session can be convened
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Part IV• Authorize Temporary Borrowing (HB 29 Amd #37 and
HB 30 Amd #144) – requests the issuance of $500 million of 9(a) bonds and $250 million of 9(d) bonds to participate in the new federal Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF) through the Federal Reserve Bank• Notes are intended to assist state and local government
to manage cash flows impacted by income tax deferrals, potential reductions of tax revenues, and expenses related to COVID-19
• The maturity date for the 9(a) bonds is 12 months and for the 9(d) bonds up to two years
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Secretary of Administration• Reverses the transfer of the Executive Mansion staff
from the Governor’s Office to the Department of General Services in House Bills 29 and 30 (HB 29 Amds #2 & 3 and HB 30 Amds #5 & 8)• Transferring Mansion staff to DGS would allow them to
earn overtime, which is currently barred by their “at will” status as Governor’s Office employees
• This is a net neutral budget action
• Technical amendment in House Bill 30 in DGS that corrects the Tax Parcel ID number related to the conveyance of land to the Mount Rodgers Community Service Board and Smyth County (HB 30 Amd #7)
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Authorizes the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adjust its hemp research program to continue compliance with federal farm bill (HB 30 Amd #11)
• Changes to the federal program occurred after budget development
• This is a technical amendment
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Secretary of Commerce and Trade• Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority (HB 30 Amd #25)
• Reduces GF appropriations in the first year for the Authority by $6.1 million dollars
• Removes the NGF appropriation in the first year for the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative and the Commonwealth Commercialization Fund• These funds are related to the sale of CIT’s building in Northern
Virginia• Proposes more general language allowing the agency to invest in
the Commonwealth Commercialization Fund as well as use the money to help start-ups impacted by COVID-19
• This action reduces the first year appropriation for the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative to $7.5 million from $17.5 million
• Appropriations in the first year are zeroed out for the Growth Accelerator Program, Regional Innovation Fund, Technology Industry Development Services, and the Commonwealth Commercialization Fund
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Health and Human Resources• CSA
• Requires the Office of Children’s Services (OCS) to provide preliminary study findings of rates for private day special education services to JLARC (HB 30 Amd #72)• Requires OCS to provide a final report by June 1, 2021 to the
Governor and Chairs of the money committees
• Health Department• Removes the requirement that funding for Long Acting Reversible
Contraceptives (LARCs) be used solely for hormonal LARCS (HB 30 Amd #74)• Mirrors the language contained in HB 30, as introduced, that was
modified by the General Assembly
• DSS• Duplicates language included in the Dept. of Education to
convene a work group to establish a plan to transfer the Child Care Development Fund grant from DSS to DOE by July 1, 2021 (HB 30 Amd #92)
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Finance• Delays the report due from a workgroup convened by
the Secretary of Finance and the Secretary of Administration to study collective bargaining for state employees to November 1, 2021 (HB 30 Amd #68)
• Offers a technical amendment related to the deposit of $20 million from the general fund to the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Fund from recordation tax revenues to clarify that the amounts provide in this expenditure are not subject to the sum sufficient provisions of Item 273 (HB 30 Amd #69)
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Transportation/Natural Resources
• HB 29 includes 3 companion amendments (Amds #19, #20, #22) related to a proposal to protect migratory birds being impacted by the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion Project• Amendment #22 authorizes $12.0 million in available
balances within the Department of Transportation to support the construction of alternative nesting locations and the removal of up to 25,000 birds from South Island
• Amendments #19 (the Secretary of Natural Resources) and #20 (Department of Game and Inland Fisheries) provide technical expertise and administrative support for the project
• Identical DGIF amendment is included in HB 30 Amd # 97)
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Public Safety• State Police: Authorizes Department to provide DJJ de-
identified data to support public safety research being conducted by UVA on a subcontracted basis with Duke University (HB 30 Amd #107)
• Veterans and Defense Affairs: Technical, clarifying amendments to existing Camp Pendleton Lease Agreement language (HB 30 Amd #117)
• Amd. #118 and #120 (HB 30) reverses the transfer of one position and $70,000 each year from the Department of Veterans Services to the Veterans Services Foundation
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Transportation• Amendment (HB 30 Amd #114) would authorize the
use of toll revenues generated on I-64 to be used to support projects related to but not directly on I-64• Current language in budget would limit use of any toll
revenues strictly to increasing capacity on I-64• Use of funds for other projects must be agreed to by the
Hampton Roads Accountability Commission and the Commonwealth Transportation Board
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Central Appropriations• Proposes a technical amendment to House Bill 30 that
will allow the Department of Planning and Budget to transfer redistricting funds to the Division of Legislative Services to begin the process of redistricting prior to the November 3, 2020 election (HB 30 Amd #122)• Funding included in the budget will still support the
Virginia Redistricting Commission if approved by the voters in November
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Capital Outlay• C-55.10 Dept of Corrections (HB 30 Amd #127) –
requests $6.8 million in VPBA bonds to expand capacity at the Nottoway Wastewater Treatment Plant• DOC has $30 million of bond authority in HB 30 for
blanket repair & renovation projects
• C-65 Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center (HB 30 Amd #131) – requests $65,000 in bonds for equipment funding related to the building expansion
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