Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2020.

This is the FY 2020 original appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare for the Public HealthServicesDivision. Itappropriatesatotalof$124,331,400andcapsthenumberofauthorizedfull-time equivalent positions at 236.02. This division includes four programs: Physical Health Services, Emergency Medical Services, Laboratory Services, and Suicide Prevention and Awareness. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP; provides a 5.5% increase for the employer's share of PERSI contributions; and temporarily reduces the rate agencies pay the Division of Human Resources for its services. For statewide cost allocation, $27,000 is provided. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 3% change in employee compensation for permanent employees, with a minimum increase of $550 for each employee and the remaining amount to be distributed based on merit. The bill funds four line items, which provide $200,000 for suicide prevention and awareness infrastructure; $10,000 for the Cancer Data Registry; $166,100 for the tuberculosis program; and the shift of $401,000 from the General Fund to dedicated funds for cost offsets related to Medicaid expansion. The bill also includes six sections of language providing requirements, three of which apply to the entire department, one that directs the use of suicide prevention moneys, one directing a cash transfer, and one for reporting on the Rural Physician Incentive Payments.