HB 1186 Summary

• Appropriates $2,565,469 for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $1,772,998 for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the disability compensation division modernization project

• Appropriates $225,000 annually for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 for independent verification and validation of the disability compensation division modernization project

• Appropriates $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the unemployment insurance modernization project

• Appropriates funds for five new permanent full-time equivalent positions including a disability compensation program specialist I, staff attorney for the appeals board, program specialist IV for civil rights commission, and labor law enforcement specialist IV

• Appropriates $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021 for neighbor island staffing and IT support for the unemployment insurance division and converts 22.00 FTE positions from special funds to revolving funds using the boiler and elevator revolving fund