Bill > S1459

This bill appropriates $470,000 to the Office of Health and Social Services Ombudsman for fiscal year 2025, while simultaneously reducing funding for the Department of Health and Welfare's Division of Indirect Support Services by the same amount. * **Office of Health and Social Services Ombudsman:** Receives $470,000 from the General Fund for personnel costs ($325,000), operating expenditures ($125,000), and capital outlay ($20,000) for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. * **Department of Health and Welfare (Division of Indirect Support Services):** Funding is reduced by $470,000 from the Cooperative Welfare (General) Fund for personnel costs ($325,000), operating expenditures ($125,000), and capital outlay ($20,000) for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. * **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Positions:** The Office of Health and Social Services Ombudsman is authorized up to 3.00 FTE positions. The Department of Health and Welfare's Division of Indirect Support Services has its FTE authorization reduced by 3.00. * **Reporting Requirement:** The Office of Health and Social Services Ombudsman must submit an interim report by December 1, 2024, to legislative committees and other relevant parties detailing its initial work and the current operation of child welfare in the state, including recommendations.