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2011 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Committee Approved)

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Staffing at State Training Centers

Item 314 #1h

Item 314 #1h

First Year - FY2011 Second Year - FY2012
Health And Human Resources
Intellectual Disabilities Training Centers FY2011 $0 FY2012 ($2,000,000) GF

Language
Page 280, line 7, strike "$161,548,761" and insert "$159,548,761".
Page 280, line 37, strike "7,125,000" and insert "5,125,000".
Page 280, line 38, strike "training centers" and insert:
"Central Virginia Training Center and Southside Virginia Training Center".
Page 280, line 40, after "staff.", insert:
"Funding shall be used to avert planned layoffs in fiscal year 2012, reduce the use of overtime through the use of part-time or contract staff, and contract for specialized positions until staffing ratios can be improved through resident discharges to appropriate community placements."


Explanation
(This amendment adds language to target bridge funding in the second year to Central Virginia Training Center and Southside Virginia Training Center to improve care resident care through better staff to resident ratios, reduced use of overtime and the use of specialty staff to address resident needs. It reduces funding in the introduced budget by $2.0 million from the general fund in the second year, thereby providing $5.1 million which is targeted at these two training centers which have been under federal scrutiny to improve care. Language is added to ensure that the funding is provided to avert planned layoffs of staff in fiscal year 2012, and hire temporary or contract staff to reduce overtime and provide specialty services for residents, until staffing ratios can be improved through additional discharges to community placements. A companion amendment provides 100 additional Medicaid waiver slots to assist with these discharges.)