HB 1554 Summary

• Appropriates operating funds for the Department of Human Services for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, with total expenditures and position ceilings specified for each year.

• Funds 41 program items including homeless services ($15.8 million), rental assistance, youth programs, child care subsidies, and various administrative and information technology positions.

• Authorizes position changes including adding permanent and temporary positions for child protective services, information security, health analytics, and eliminating youth corrections officer positions in trade-off for social worker positions.

• Appropriates capital improvement funds for youth corrections campus improvements, sewer and water system upgrades, and facility repairs totaling $1.725 million in fiscal year 2020-2021.

• Takes effect July 1, 2030.