Appropriates $268,617,800 to the Department of Correction for fiscal year 2019; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 2,002.85; and provides legislative intent regarding the offender management system replacement plan.

This is the FY 2019 original appropriation bill for the Department of Correction. It appropriates $268,617,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 2,002.85. For benefit costs, the bill removes $1,450 per eligible FTP to bring the annual employer contribution for health insurance down to $11,650 by including a two-month employee and employer premium holiday, adds a 6.8% increase for life insurance, and adjusts funding for workers' compensation in amounts that vary by agency. Inflationary adjustments include $261,300 for the department's online education system, food and dietary costs, utility charges, and office lease costs. Funding for replacement items includes $3,090,300 for various items, with discretion to the director as to which items to replace. For statewide cost allocation, $108,700 is removed. An annualization in the amount of $84,100 is provided for facility expansions. The bill also provides funding for a 3% ongoing merit-based salary increase for permanent employees, to be distributed at the discretion of the agency head, and a 3% increase in the compensation schedule. The bill funds 15 line items, which provide $7,016,000 for the first of three onetime appropriations for replacement of the department's offender management system; $230,000 for data storage; 7.00 FTP and $888,400 for facility expansions; $688,100 for the common fare no-touch menu; 2.00 FTP and a net-zero Federal Grant Fund object transfer of $84,700 from operating expenditures to personnel costs for instructional assistants; $91,500 for a recreation area slab and cover; $381,000 for catering units; $37,000 for a recreation area at the South Boise Women's Correctional Center; $8,690,800 for population-driven costs related to County and Out-of-State Placement; $192,000 for population-driven costs related to Correctional Alternative Placement; 6.00 FTP and $561,700 for the Maximizing State Reforms Federal Grant; $1,859,200 from the Idaho Millennium Income Fun