SB 1121 Summary

• State Department of Rehabilitation Services must budget $167,879,000 total in FY2014 across four categories: Vocational Rehabilitative and Visual Services ($101,252,000), Oklahoma School for the Blind ($9,777,000), Oklahoma School for the Deaf ($12,850,000), and Disability Determination Division ($44,000,000).

• Unanticipated federal funds received after July 1, 2013 are exempt from expenditure limitations, provided funds used for operations are included in the agency's budget work program.

• Employees of the Disability Determination Unit funded entirely by federal funds are exempted from agency FTE (Full-Time Equivalent) limitations.

• Director may request early transfer of tax collections and may transfer funds between specified rehabilitation services accounts to address cash-flow problems and fund client services, supported employment, and independent living programs.

• Appropriations from HB 2301 may be budgeted for either FY2014 or FY2015 (but not both), with encumbrance deadlines of June 30 of respective years and expenditure deadlines of November 15 following each fiscal year.