Bill > HB1021

This bill provides an appropriation for Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) for the 2025-2027 biennium, allocating $80,434,139 from special funds derived from the workforce safety and insurance fund. The appropriation includes $77,245,131 for WSI operations and $3,189,008 for a new and vacant full-time equivalent (FTE) position pool, maintaining a total of 260.14 FTE positions. The bill also identifies one-time funding items totaling $8,574,375, which include a $5,208,325 claims and policy system replacement project, a $1,366,050 MyWSI extranet enhancement project, and $2,000,000 for building improvements. These one-time funding items are not part of the base budget for the 2027-2029 biennium and will require reporting to legislative appropriations committees. Additionally, the bill stipulates that WSI cannot directly spend the funds in the new and vacant FTE pool line item but may request transfers to operations through the office of management and budget, following specific guidelines outlined in a related house bill.

Budget and Finance

Appropriations (H)

https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1021.html