SPONSOR: Rep. Schwartzkopf & Sen. Sokola
Longhurst Townsend
Minor-Brown Lockman
Carson Paradee
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 76
JANUARY 26, 2023
AN ACT MAKING A ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30, 2024 TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated $324,861,100 (T hree Hundred Twenty-Four Million, Eight 1
Hundred Sixty-One Thousand, One Hundred Dollars) in General Funds to the Office of Management and 2
Budget, Contingencies and One-Time Items (10-02-11) for the following purposes: 3
(02-06-10) Equipment $ 14,600 4
(10-02-11) ERP Cloud Migration $2,000,000 5
(10-02-11) Salary/OEC Contingency – 27th Pay Adjustment $3,020,000 6
(10-02-11) Technology $2, 213,400 7
(10-02-11) Landlord Mitigation Fund $150,000 8
(10-02-11) Landlord Obligations & Tenant Remedies $17,200 9
(10-02-11) Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) $3,000,000 10
(10-02-32) Other Post-Employment Benefits $50,997,200 11
(10-08-01) Housing Investments $30,000,000 12
(12-05-06) Delaware EARNS $300,000 13
(15-01-01) Technology $2,489,800 14
(15-01-01) Equipment $48,300 15
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0211520005 Page 1 of 4 (15-02-01) Equipment $3,800 16
(16-02-01) Program Supplement $15,000 17
(16-05-01) Group Health Insurance Plan (GHIP) $143,200,000 18
(20-01-02) Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery $253,800 19
(35-01-20) Equipment $655,000 20
(35-02-01) Technology $2,050,000 21
(35-02-01) Medicaid $69,100,000 22
(35-02-01) Program Supplement $1,780,600 23
(35-05-10) Health Disparities & Health Inequity Program $250,000 24
(35-05-20) Evaluation and Assessment of School Facilities $262,800 25
(35-05-20) Residential Lead Remediation $2,000,0 00 26
(35-06-10) D elaware Medicaid Enterprise System Integration $223,300 27
(35-07-01) Program Supplement $1,595,0 00 28
(35-14-01) Home Modifications Program $600,000 29
(37-01-50) Technology $250,800 30
(37-01-50) Security and Safety Equipment $81,100 31
(38-01-03) Prison Research Innovation Network $97,500 32
(38-01-14) Technology $3,000 33
(38
-04-04) Equipment $63,200 34
(38-04-08) Security and Safety Equipment $10,700 35
(38-06-02) Security and Safety Equipment $60,200 36
(38-06-08) Equipment $101,7 00 37
(38-06-13) Technology $33,400 38
(38-06-14) Technology $55,500 39
(40-03-02) Equipment $1,500,000 40
(40-04-05) Tree for Every Delawarean $500,000 41
(40-04-05) Electric Grid Study $1,100,500 42
(45-01-20) Equipment $41,600 43
(45-06-08) Equipment $28,000 44
(45-06-09) Security and Safety Equipment $229,600 45 2 (45-06-11) Equipment $220,000 46
(45-06-12) Specialty Vehicle Equipment $147,100 47
(45-06-12) Security and Safety Equipment $256,600 48
(65-01-04) Tree for Every Delawarean $119,500 49
(70-01-01) Technology $108,000 50
(70-01-01) Presidential Primary $439,000 51
(70-02-01) Presidential Primary $993,500 52
(70-03-01) Presidential Primary $751,600 53
(70-04-01) Presidential Primary $356,700 54
(75-03-01) Equipment $32,500 55
(95-02-02) Wilmington Schools Initiative $1,040,000 56
Section 2. Section 1 of this Act appropriates $3 ,020,000 to the Office of Management and Budget, One-57
Times and Contingencies for Salary/OEC Contingency – 27th Pay Adjustment for payment of the public 58
education 27th pay during Fiscal Year 2024. This appropriation is in addition to prior funds appropriated to the 59
Office of Management and Budget, One-Times and Contingencies for Salary/OEC Contingency – 27th Pay 60
Adjustment in the Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 One-Time Supplemental Appropriation legislation (83 Del. Laws c 61
55, 83 Del. Laws c 326). 62
Section 3. The funding by the State of Delaware of 27 pay periods in Fiscal Year 2024 does not obligate 63
the local school districts for the payment of the local share of employee’s salaries for a 27th pay period. The local 64
school districts’ Board of Education will independently address the funding of the 27 pay periods in the Fiscal 65
Year 2024. The first pay date for the school year 2023- 2024 for 10-month employees will be the second pay date 66
in September (9/22/2023). Employees who elect 22 pay cycles will be paid the same amount of annual salary as if 67
they had elected to be paid over 26 pay cycles. This section applies only to those staff members that are employed 68
for the entire 2022- 2023 school year. Those employees that begin employment or end employment during the 69
course of the 2022- 2023 school year shall be subject to a ‘days worked’ calculation and shall not be entitled to the 70
27th pay. 71
Section 4. Section 1 of this Act appropriates $3,000,000 to the Office of Management and Budget, One-72
Times and Contingencies (10-02-11) to support DHIN and the Health Care Claims Database. These state funds 73
will provide match to leverage federal resources. 74 3 Section 5. Section 1 of this Act appropriates $50,997,200 to the Office of Management and Budget, 75
Pensions (10-02-32) for Other Post-Employment Benefits. As directed by Executive Order 52, the Director of 76
Office of Management and Budget shall transfer these funds to the Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund as 77
established by 29 Del. C. § 5281. 78
Section 6. Section 1 of this Act appropriates $30 ,000,000 to the Delaware State Housing Authority (10 -79
08-01) for Housing Investments. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Delaware State Housing Authority 80
is authorized to utilize the funds allocated to address the housing crisis through state programs including the: 81
Catalyst Fund, Accelerator Fund, Market Pressure Relief Fund, and Preservation Fund. These programs are 82
designed to transform communities and neighborhoods through affordable housing initiatives. 83
Section 7. Section 1 of this Act appropriates $600,000 to the Department of Health and Social Services, 84
Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities (DSAAPD) (35-14-01) for home 85
improvements and modifications allowing DSAAPD clients to safely age in place. 86
Section 8. Section 1 of this Act appropriates $1 ,040,000 to the Department of Education, District and 87
Charter Operations, Other Items (95-02-02) to provide a one-year extension of the memorandum of understanding 88
with Christina School District for the Wilmington School s Initiative. 89
SYNOPSIS
This Act appropriates $ 324,861,100 to provide one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and
Budget.
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