Appropriates $6,466,800 to the Medical Boards for fiscal year 2019; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 49.20.

This is the FY 2019 original appropriation bill for the Medical Boards. It appropriates $6,466,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 49.20. 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 $4,800 for office lease increases for the Board of Medicine and the Board of Pharmacy. Funding for replacementitemsincludes$1,700foradeskandprinterfortheBoardofVeterinaryMedicine. Forstatewide cost allocation, $14,400 is provided, as Attorney General fees will increase by $13,600, fees for Legislative Audits will increase by $1,000, risk management costs will decrease by $1,900, State Controller fees will increase by $1,800, and State Treasurer fees will decrease by $100. 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. The bill funds seven line items. For the Board of Medicine: $10,000 for cyber insurance for a contractor; $2,000 for walls for the front desk area; and 1.00 FTP and $84,300 for a licensing manager position. For the Board of Nursing: $14,800 for IT/telecommunications. For the Board of Pharmacy: $20,000 for prescriber report cards; and $120,000 for a contract with the Department of Health and Welfare. For the Board of Veterinary Medicine: $105,000 for online licensing software.