BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 1623 Page 1 CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS AB 1623 (Committee on Budget) As Amended August 10, 2016 Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect Immediately -------------------------------------------------------------------- |ASSEMBLY: | | (April 28, |SENATE: |38-0 |(August 16, | | | |2016) | | |2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- (vote not relevant) Original Committee Reference: BUDGET SUMMARY: Amends and makes technical and substantive provisional language changes to the Budget Act of 2016 (SB 826 (Leno), Chapter 23, Statutes of 2016). The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of this bill, and instead: 1)Clarifies that the requirement for the University of California Board of Regents to develop a nonresident student enrollment policy is intended for undergraduate students. AB 1623 Page 2 2)Corrects a technical error in the community college budget that references the incorrect year regarding one suspended mandate. The year will be changed from 1985 to 1995. 3)Deletes the outdated maximum standard reimbursement rate for part-day state preschool programs and corrects the implementation date for the additional full-day state preschool slots provided in the 2016 Budget Act from March to April, which was the agreed upon timeframe. 4)Reflects the recent rate increase for preschool in budget provisional language. 5)Updates references to pending legislation with references to the enacted education trailer bill and makes other technical changes. 6)Includes provisional language indicating a $3 million expenditure related to atmospheric rivers that was inadvertently omitted from the budget bill. 7)Corrects provisional language related to the Department of Water Resources to conform with language adopted previously. 8)Increases expenditure authority to allow the Energy Commission to spend remaining federal funds of $5.3 million in 2016-17. 9)Includes budget control section language that was inadvertently omitted from the budget bill related to the California Automated Travel Expense Reimbursement System (CalATERS). Specifically, this language allows the Department of Finance to adjust amounts in any appropriation item to reimburse the Controller for the costs to use CalATERS. AB 1623 Page 3 10)Clarifies the Legislatures intent to ensure in-person interpreters are provided during court proceedings, unless no reasonable options exist. 11)Provides the appropriate level of resources to ensure the California Highway Patrol's Ventura Area Office Replacement project is able to proceed as proposed, increasing expenditure authority by $1,650,000 pursuant to recent cost determinations by the Department of General Services. 12)Repeals a $705,000 appropriation from the Department of Rehabilitation for independent living centers (ILCs), which is proposed to be included in a separate budget trailer bill. 13)Includes provisional language to authorize the transfer of funds for activities related to implementation of the Resource Family Approval Program from the counties to the Department of Social Services (DSS), for the state to perform these activities on behalf of counties in certain circumstances. Specifies that funds shall only be transferred after consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association of California and with written notification. 14)Authorizes DSS to reimburse foster family agencies, counties, group homes, and short-term residential treatment centers for accreditation fees after August 1, 2016, notwithstanding existing law that specified the later date of January 1, 2017 for this purpose. 15)Includes $226,000 General Fund to provide one-time reimbursements to tribal agencies that do not have federal Title IV-E agreements with the state for the purchase of electronic fingerprinting equipment. 16)Repeals the control section that referenced the Architectural Revolving Fund, as this fund's deficit has been largely AB 1623 Page 4 eliminated and therefore the assessment is no longer needed. 17)Includes resources ($120,000 General Fund, $120,000 federal funds) for DSS to align to new requirements proposed in SB 855, the Health and Human Services budget trailer bill, containing revisions to statute regarding Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) compliance on the reporting of near child fatalities. The funding will support four positions at DSS to provide technical assistance to counties and review the circumstances surrounding a near child fatality, among other responsibilities. 18)Makes other various technical changes to reflect the correct amount of funding in the Department of Finance's system and to accurately reflect the distribution of resources across spending categories. COMMENTS: This bill amends the 2016 budget act (SB 826 (Leno), Chapter 23, Statutes of 2016) to reflect technical, conforming, and other changes necessary to correctly impact the 2016 Budget Agreement. Analysis Prepared by: Nicole Vazquez / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099 FN: 0004254