5345-S2 AMS ROSS RM 008

5345-S AMS ROSS RM 008

SSB 5345 - S AMD 199

By Senators Rossi and Sheahan

NOT ADOPTED 03/30/01

On page 59, after line 28, insert the following:

"(4) The department shall transfer amounts provided in this section and from various other program administrative budgets to achieve the following administrative cost savings:

(a) $4,800,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2002, $6,560,000 of the general fund--state appropriations for fiscal year 2003, and $7,760,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation shall be reduced from the administrative support budgets (category 9000) in economic service, juvenile rehabilitation, and developmental disabilities sections by reducing administrative FTEs per total program FTEs to the actual ratio of fiscal year 1997.

(b) $14,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2002, $19,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2003, and $27,000,000 of the general fund--federal appropriation shall be reduced through a nineteen percent reduction in agency administrative budgets (program 110 and category 9000). Administrative reductions shall not include reductions in the division of fraud, medical assistance administration, or any work units providing direct client services.

(c) Funds saved in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be transferred to support the following enhancements: (i)increase wages for low wage workers who provide direct care for elderly and disabled persons in their own homes, in nursing homes and in community residential programs by $.75 per hour, (ii) reduce the average caseload for social workers in children's services to 1:20, (iii) reduce the average caseload for case managers in developmental disabilities to 1:40 for persons on the medicaid waiver, (iv) fund the chore services program at the carry forward level, (v) increase funding for family support in developmental disabilities for an additional 750 families, and (vi) provide funding to implement the choice of service provision in RCW 71A.16.010."