HF 4399 Summary

• Appropriates $1,840,000 to the Supreme Court in fiscal year 2019, including $1,000,000 for competitive courthouse safety and security grants (requiring 50% nonstate match) and $840,000 for Judicial Appeal Panel expenses for reduction in custody hearings

• Appropriates $3,667,000 to the Guardian Ad Litem Board in fiscal year 2019 to hire additional guardians ad litem for representing children in juvenile and family court proceedings, with a funding base of $4,000,000 in fiscal years 2020-2021

• Appropriates $16,374,000 to Corrections in fiscal year 2019, including $7,800,000 for offender health care contracts with electronic health records systems, $710,000 for opioid treatment and prevention services, and $7,864,000 for prison population growth

• Appropriates $1,432,000 to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in fiscal year 2019 for drug scientists, lab supplies, special agents, and criminal intelligence analysts

• Amends the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board appropriations, adjusting special revenue fund allocations from $4,156,000 to $4,031,000 in fiscal year 2019 and adding $125,000 supplemental general fund appropriation for the peace officer training account