Summary of HB 961

• Appropriates federal block grant funds for the Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal years 2019-2021, including TANF ($312.4 million), Social Services ($74.1 million), Child Care and Development Fund ($347.5 million), and other health and human services block grants totaling over $700 million.

• Allocates Community Development Block Grant funds through the Department of Commerce for 2019-2021, totaling $48.3 million annually across state administration, neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and infrastructure categories.

• Appropriates state matching funds totaling $3.5 million for the 2019-2021 biennium to the Department of Environmental Quality for Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds to leverage maximum available federal funds.

• Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to submit separate plans for each block grant including allocations by program, administrative expenditures, new positions, and comparisons to prior years' budgets.

• Establishes procedures for reallocating federal funds if Congress increases or decreases appropriations, with proportional adjustments across programs and consultation requirements with legislative oversight committees.