2304.E AAS 5/19/99 S3120.1

EHB 2304 - S AMD - 549

By Senator Loveland

                                                   ADOPTED 5/19/99

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The sum of four million dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the biennium ending June 30, 2001, for:

    (1) Alternative school start-up grants which are in addition to the grants funded in the two million dollars alternative school start-up appropriation contained in section 501(2)(l), chapter 309, Laws of 1999, and these grants shall be awarded in the same manner and for the same purposes;

    (2) School safety programs for prevention and intervention.  School districts may apply for and administer these grants independently or jointly with other school districts or educational service districts.  The funds may be expended for proven-effective programs to improve safety in schools, including:  Security assessments of school facilities; violence prevention and reporting training for staff as appropriate to the particular duties and responsibilities of the specific staff, including administrators; nonviolence and leadership training for staff and students; and school safety plans.  The educational service districts and school districts may contract for any services under this subsection.

    (3) The superintendent of public instruction shall report to the education committees of the house of representatives and senate on the number and types of programs administered through these grants by February 15, 2001, and February 15th of every two years thereafter.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  For the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 2001, the sum of three million dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the general fund--state to the superintendent of public instruction for matching grants to enhance security in schools.  This appropriation is a supplement to the five million nine hundred twenty-three thousand dollar appropriation for school security contained in section 501(2)(e), chapter 309, Laws of 1999, and shall be expended in the same manner and for the same purposes.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  The biennial appropriations in sections 1 and 2 of this act shall be allotted by the office of financial management evenly between fiscal year 2000 and fiscal year 2001.

    Sec. 4.  1999 c 309 s 221 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 2000).... $   ((68,937,000))

65,437,000

General Fund‑-State Appropriation (FY 2001).... $   ((69,635,000))

66,135,000

General Fund‑-Federal Appropriation.............                 $.................................. 268,710,000

General Fund‑-Private/Local Appropriation...... $       68,648,000

Hospital Commission Account‑-State

    Appropriation.............................. $        3,128,000

Health Professions Account‑-State

    Appropriation................. ............ $       37,529,000

Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Systems

    Trust Account‑-State Appropriation......... $       14,856,000

State Drinking Water Account‑-State

    Appropriation.............................. $        2,531,000

Drinking Water Assistance Account‑-Federal

    Appropriation.............................. $        5,456,000

Waterworks Operator Certification‑-State

    Appropriation.............................. $          593,000

Water Quality Account‑-State Appropriation..... $        3,124,000

Accident Account‑-State Appropriation.......... $          258,000

Medical Aid Account‑-State Appropriation........                 $ 45,000

State Toxics Control Account‑-State

    Appropriation.............................. $        2,614,000

Health Services Account Appropriation.......... $ 7,000,000

Medical Test Site Licensure Account‑-State

    Appropriation.............................. $        1,651,000

Youth Tobacco Prevention Account‑-State

    Appropriation.............................. $        1,804,000

Tobacco Prevention and Control Account‑-State

    Appropriation.............................. $          620,000

           TOTAL APPROPRIATION................. $      550,139,000

    The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:

    (1) $2,434,000 of the health professions account appropriation is provided solely for the development and implementation of a licensing and disciplinary management system.  Expenditures are conditioned upon compliance with section 902 of this act.  These funds shall not be expended without appropriate project approval by the department of information systems.

    (2) The department or any successor agency is authorized to raise existing fees charged to the nursing assistants, podiatrists, and osteopaths; for certificate of need; for temporary worker housing; for state institution inspection; for residential care facilities and for transient accommodations, in excess of the fiscal growth factor established by Initiative Measure No. 601, if necessary, to meet the actual costs of conducting business and the appropriation levels in this section.

    (3) $339,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 2000, $339,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation for fiscal year 2001, and $678,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for technical assistance to local governments and special districts on water conservation and reuse.  $339,000 of the general fund‑-federal amount may be expended in each fiscal year of the biennium, only if the state receives greater than $25,000,000 from the federal government for salmon recovery activities in that fiscal year.  Funds authorized for expenditure in fiscal year 2000 may be expended in fiscal year 2001.

    (4) $1,685,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 2000 appropriation and $1,686,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 2001 appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of the Puget Sound water work plan and agency action items, DOH-01, DOH-02, DOH-03, and DOH-04.

    (5) (($4,645,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 2000 appropriation and $4,645,000 of the general fund‑-state fiscal year 2001 appropriation are provided solely for distribution to local health departments.

    (6))) The department of health shall not initiate any services that will require expenditure of state general fund moneys unless expressly authorized in this act or other law.  The department may seek, receive, and spend, under RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.282, federal moneys not anticipated in this act as long as the federal funding does not require expenditure of state moneys for the program in excess of amounts anticipated in this act.  If the department receives unanticipated unrestricted federal moneys, those moneys shall be spent for services authorized in this act or in any other legislation that provides appropriation authority, and an equal amount of appropriated state moneys shall lapse.  Upon the lapsing of any moneys under this subsection, the office of financial management shall notify the legislative fiscal committees.  As used in this subsection, "unrestricted federal moneys" includes block grants and other funds that federal law does not require to be spent on specifically defined projects or matched on a formula basis by state funds.

    (((7))) (6) $620,000 of the tobacco prevention and control account appropriation and $209,000 of the general fund‑-federal appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5516 or, if the bill is not enacted, for the development of a sustainable, long-term, comprehensive tobacco control program.  The plan shall identify a specific set of outcome measures that shall be used to track long range progress in reducing the use of tobacco.  Nationally accepted measures that can be used to compare progress with other states shall be included.  The plan shall emphasize programs that have demonstrated effectiveness in achieving progress towards the specified outcome measures.  Components of the plan that do not have a record of success may be included, provided that the plan also includes the means of evaluating those components.  The plan shall also include an inventory of existing publically funded programs that seek to prevent the use of tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs by children and youth and recommendations to coordinate and consolidate these programs in order to achieve greatest positive outcomes within total available resources.  A preliminary plan shall be submitted to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 1999, with the final plan submitted by September 1, 2000.

    (((8))) (7) $2,075,000 of fiscal year 2000 general fund‑-state appropriation and $2,075,000 of fiscal year 2001 general fund‑-state appropriation are provided for the Washington poison center.  The department shall require the center to develop a long range financing plan that identifies options for diversifying funding for center operations, including, but not limited to, federal grants, private sector grants and sponsorships, and multistate or regional operating agreements.  The plan shall be submitted to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2000.

    (((9))) (8) $50,000 of fiscal year 2000 general fund--state appropriation and $50,000 of fiscal year 2001 general fund--state appropriation are provided solely for fund raising and other activities for the development of early hearing loss clinics.  The development plan for these clinics shall not assume ongoing general fund‑-state appropriations.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 1999."

EHB 2304 - S AMD - 549

By Senator Loveland

                                                   ADOPTED 5/19/99

    On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "programs;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending 1999 c 309 s 221 (uncodified); creating new sections; making appropriations; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency."

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