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Senate Finance restores mental-health positions at Department of Corrections, authorizes $1.01 million in new spending
Summary
The committee approved restoring several mental-health positions at the Department of Corrections after consultations with the interim commissioner; funding for selected positions totals $1,005,583 in new spending, and four critical positions were identified for immediate funding.
The Senate Finance Committee voted to restore a set of mental-health positions at the Department of Corrections and to fund several immediately after the interim commissioner requested the action.
A member of the committee said they had spoken with Interim Commissioner Skipper, who requested restoration of positions and asked that four be funded “at a critical” level to enable the department to reassign staff as needed. The committee’s staff enumerated which positions would be funded and which would be restored but not funded.
Committee staff reported the net fiscal impact of the selected restorations and funding as $1,005,583 in new spending. Senator Waters moved items 1, 2 and 3 for the corrections package; the committee approved the motion by voice vote.
After the initial approval, a committee member offered a friendly amendment cutting one proposed appropriation in half, reducing the requested funding to $2,500,000 per year for a biennial total of $5,000,000. The committee approved that change and adjusted the list of items to be removed or passed accordingly.
Ending: The committee approved the corrections-related restorations and funding adjustments and moved on to other items in the finance package.
