ID H0582

Appropriates $8,531,200 from the General Fund to the Public Health Districts for transfer to the Public Health Trust Fund for the fiscal year July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.

Directs a 1% upward adjustment to the compensation schedule to move salary structure toward market rates.

Requires funding an ongoing 1% salary increase for state employees and a one-time 1% bonus based on employee merit with distribution flexibility determined by agency directors.

Authorizes continuation of current job classifications on payline exception to address specific recruitment or retention issues.

Encourages agency directors and the Division of Financial Management to reinvest salary savings from turnover, attrition, or reorganization into merit increases and adjustments for employees below policy compensation, distinguishing between one-time payments and permanent pay increases.