ID S1434

Reduces FY 2010 appropriation to Department of Health and Welfare for psychiatric hospitalization by $1,224,900 across Community Hospitalization, State Hospital North, and State Hospital South programs.

Appropriates $28,368,800 to Department of Health and Welfare for psychiatric hospitalization for FY 2011, including $20,609,300 for personnel costs, $4,683,500 for operating expenditures, and $3,076,000 for trustee and benefit payments.

Authorizes 109.39 full-time equivalent positions for State Hospital North and 262.22 full-time equivalent positions for State Hospital South during FY 2011, with transfers between programs requiring Governor approval and Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee notification.

Prohibits Department of Health and Welfare from paying education stipends to employees during FY 2011 except those funded through IV-E funding source, and restricts transfers of trustee and benefit payment funds to other budget objects.

Declares that Department of Health and Welfare shall provide only those services authorized by law to the extent of appropriated funding and available resources, and permits transfers between personnel costs and operating expenditures with State Board of Examiners approval.