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2004 Session

Budget Bill - SB29 (Introduced)

Department of Human Resource Management

Item 83

Item 83 (Not set out)

First Year - FY2003Second Year - FY2004
Personnel Management Services (70400)$4,306,803$4,275,410
Compensation and Classification Services (70401)FY2003 $1,064,613FY2004 $1,057,157
Equal Opportunity and Employee Services (70403)FY2003 $554,251FY2004 $546,061
Medical/Hospitalization Benefits - State (70406)FY2003 $2,160,087FY2004 $2,160,087
State Management Development and Training (70409)FY2003 $527,852FY2004 $512,105
Fund Sources:  
GeneralFY2003 $2,060,165FY2004 $2,028,772
SpecialFY2003 $2,246,638FY2004 $2,246,638

Authority: Title 2.2, Chapters 12, 28, and 29, Code of Virginia.


A. Administration of any health benefit plan or plans provided for state employees pursuant to § 2.2-2818, Code of Virginia, shall be subject to the review of the Virginia Council on Human Resources, which is provided for in § 2.2-2675, Code of Virginia. Additionally, the Department shall report any proposed changes in premiums, benefits, carriers, or provider networks to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees at least sixty days prior to implementation.


B. The Department of Human Resource Management and the Department of Accounts shall jointly conduct a study and develop recommendations in order to transfer the health insurance benefit portion of the Line of Duty Act program from the Department of Accounts to the Department of Human Resource Management’s health insurance program. The study findings and recommendations shall be reported to the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget by August 1, 2002, so that any legislation needed to implement this transfer may be drafted for the 2003 General Assembly Session.


C. Subject to applicable federal statutes and regulations, the Department of Human Resource Management shall expand the flexible spending accounts available to state employees to include parking, mass transit and other commuting expenses.


D.1. The Department of Human Resource Management shall operate a human resource service center to support the human resource needs of those agencies identified by the Secretary of Administration in consultation with the Department of Planning and Budget. The agencies so identified shall cooperate with the Department of Human Resource Management by transferring such records and functions as may be required.


2. The Department of Human Resource Management shall recover the cost of the human resource service center’s services in a manner determined by the Director, Department of Planning and Budget and the State Comptroller.


3. Nothing in this Paragraph shall prohibit additional agencies from using the services of the center; however, these additional agencies’ use of the human resource service center shall be subject to approval by the affected cabinet secretary and the Secretary of Administration.


E. The institutions of higher education shall be exempt from the centralized advertising requirements identified in Executive Order 73 (01).