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To amend Section 201 of Sub. H.B. 123 of the 129th | 1 |
General Assembly, as subsequently amended, and to | 2 |
make appropriations for the Bureau of Workers' | 3 |
Compensation for the biennium beginning July 1, | 4 |
2013, and ending June 30, 2015, and to provide | 5 |
authorization and conditions for the operation of | 6 |
the Bureau's programs. | 7 |
Section 1. All items in this section are hereby appropriated | 8 |
out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the | 9 |
designated fund. For all appropriations made in this act, those in | 10 |
the first column are for fiscal year 2014, and those in the second | 11 |
column are for fiscal year 2015. | 12 |
FND | AI | AI TITLE | Appropriations | 13 |
14 | |
Workers' Compensation Fund Group | 15 |
7023 | 855401 | William Green Lease Payments to OBA | $ | 16,026,100 | $ | 0 | 16 | ||||
7023 | 855407 | Claims, Risk and Medical Management | $ | 118,338,586 | $ | 118,338,586 | 17 | ||||
7023 | 855408 | Fraud Prevention | $ | 12,114,226 | $ | 12,114,226 | 18 | ||||
7023 | 855409 | Administrative Services | $ | 105,857,276 | $ | 105,357,276 | 19 | ||||
7023 | 855410 | Attorney General Payments | $ | 4,621,850 | $ | 4,621,850 | 20 | ||||
8220 | 855606 | Coal Workers' Fund | $ | 147,666 | $ | 147,666 | 21 | ||||
8230 | 855608 | Marine Industry | $ | 75,527 | $ | 75,527 | 22 | ||||
8250 | 855605 | Disabled Workers Relief Fund | $ | 319,718 | $ | 319,718 | 23 | ||||
8260 | 855609 | Safety and Hygiene Operating | $ | 19,161,132 | $ | 19,161,132 | 24 | ||||
8260 | 855610 | Gear Program | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 5,000,000 | 25 | ||||
8290 | 855604 | Long Term Care Loan Program | $ | 100,000 | $ | 100,000 | 26 | ||||
TOTAL WCF Workers' Compensation | 27 | ||||||||||
Fund Group | $ | 281,762,081 | $ | 265,235,981 | 28 |
Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | 29 |
3490 | 855601 | OSHA Enforcement | $ | 1,731,000 | $ | 1,731,000 | 30 | ||||
3FW0 | 855614 | BLS SOII Grant | $ | 116,919 | $ | 116,919 | 31 | ||||
TOTAL FED Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | $ | 1,847,919 | $ | 1,847,919 | 32 | ||||||
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 283,610,000 | $ | 267,083,900 | 33 |
WILLIAM GREEN LEASE PAYMENTS | 34 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 855401, William Green | 35 |
Lease Payments, up to $16,026,100 shall be used to make lease | 36 |
payments to the Treasurer of State at the times they are required | 37 |
to be made during the period from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2015, | 38 |
pursuant to leases and agreements made under section 154.24 of the | 39 |
Revised Code. If it is determined that additional appropriations | 40 |
are necessary for such purpose, such amounts are hereby | 41 |
appropriated. | 42 |
WORKERS' COMPENSATION FRAUD UNIT | 43 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 855410, Attorney General | 44 |
Payments, $828,200 in each fiscal year shall be used to fund the | 45 |
expenses of the Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit within the | 46 |
Attorney General's Office. These payments shall be processed at | 47 |
the beginning of each quarter of each fiscal year and deposited | 48 |
into the Workers' Compensation Section Fund (Fund 1950) used by | 49 |
the Attorney General. | 50 |
SAFETY AND HYGIENE | 51 |
Notwithstanding section 4121.37 of the Revised Code, the | 52 |
Treasurer of State shall transfer $19,161,132 cash in fiscal year | 53 |
2014 and $19,161,132 cash in fiscal year 2015 from the State | 54 |
Insurance Fund to the Safety and Hygiene Fund (Fund 8260). | 55 |
OSHA ON-SITE CONSULTATION PROGRAM | 56 |
The Bureau of Workers' Compensation may designate a portion | 57 |
of appropriation item 855609, Safety and Hygiene Operating, to be | 58 |
used to match federal funding for the federal Occupational Safety | 59 |
and Health Administration's (OSHA) on-site consultation program. | 60 |
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION | 61 |
The Bureau of Workers' Compensation and the Rehabilitation | 62 |
Services Commission shall enter into an interagency agreement for | 63 |
the provision of vocational rehabilitation services and staff to | 64 |
mutually eligible clients. The bureau may provide not more than | 65 |
$605,407 in fiscal year 2014 and not more than $605,407 in fiscal | 66 |
year 2015 from the State Insurance Fund to fund vocational | 67 |
rehabilitation services and staff in accordance with the | 68 |
interagency agreement. | 69 |
FUND BALANCE | 70 |
Any unencumbered cash balance in excess of $45,000,000 in the | 71 |
Workers' Compensation Fund (Fund 7023) on the thirtieth day of | 72 |
June of each fiscal year shall be used to reduce the | 73 |
administrative cost rate charged to employers to cover | 74 |
appropriations for Bureau of Workers' Compensation operations. | 75 |
Section 2. DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR BWC AND OIC FUNDING | 76 |
To pay for the FY 2014 costs related to the Deputy Inspector | 77 |
General for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation and Industrial | 78 |
Commission, on July 1, 2013, and on January 1, 2014, or as soon as | 79 |
possible after each date, the Director of Budget and Management | 80 |
shall transfer $212,500 in cash from the Workers' Compensation | 81 |
Fund (Fund 7023) to the Deputy Inspector General for the Bureau of | 82 |
Workers' Compensation and Industrial Commission Fund (Fund 5FT0). | 83 |
To pay for the FY 2015 costs related to the Deputy Inspector | 84 |
General for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation and Industrial | 85 |
Commission, on July 1, 2014, and on January 1, 2015, or as soon as | 86 |
possible after each date, the Director of Budget and Management | 87 |
shall transfer $212,500 in cash from the Workers' Compensation | 88 |
Fund (Fund 7023) to the Deputy Inspector General for the Bureau of | 89 |
Workers' Compensation and Industrial Commission Fund (Fund 5FT0). | 90 |
If additional amounts are needed, the Inspector General may | 91 |
seek Controlling Board approval for additional transfers of cash | 92 |
and to increase the amount appropriated in appropriation item | 93 |
965604, Deputy Inspector General for the Bureau of Workers' | 94 |
Compensation and Industrial Commission. | 95 |
Section 3. That Section 201 of Sub. H.B. 123 of the 129th | 96 |
General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 487 of the 129th | 97 |
General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: | 98 |
Sec. 201. All items in Sections 201 and 203 of this act are | 99 |
hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the | 100 |
credit of the designated fund. For all appropriations made in this | 101 |
act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2012, and those | 102 |
in the second column are for fiscal year 2013. | 103 |
FND | AI | AI TITLE | Appropriations | 104 |
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Workers' Compensation Fund Group | 106 |
7023 | 855401 | William Green Lease Payments to OBA | $ | 18,291,365 | $ | 17,533,370 | 107 | ||||
7023 | 855407 | Claims, Risk and Medical Management | $ | 125,427,732 | $ | 122,492,959 | 108 | ||||
7023 | 855408 | Fraud Prevention | $ | 11,331,154 | $ | 11,164,226 | 109 | ||||
7023 | 855409 | Administrative Services | $ | 101,724,950 | $ | 103,346,037 | 110 | ||||
7023 | 855410 | Attorney General Payments | $ | 4,621,850 | $ | 4,621,850 | 111 | ||||
8220 | 855606 | Coal Workers' Fund | $ | 150,586 | $ | 147,666 | 112 | ||||
8230 | 855608 | Marine Industry | $ | 76,532 | $ | 75,527 | 113 | ||||
8250 | 855605 | Disabled Workers Relief Fund | $ | 322,266 | $ | 319,718 | 114 | ||||
8260 | 855609 | Safety and Hygiene Operating | $ | 20,382,567 | $ | 20,161,132 | 115 | ||||
8260 | 855610 | Gear Program | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 4,000,000 | 116 | ||||
8290 | 855604 | Long Term Care Loan Program | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | 100,000 | 117 | ||||
TOTAL WCF Workers' Compensation | 118 | ||||||||||
Fund Group | $ | 287,329,002 | $ | 283,962,485 | 119 |
Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | 120 |
3490 | 855601 | OSHA Enforcement | $ | 1,670,998 | $ | 1,647,515 | 121 | ||||
TOTAL FED Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | $ | 1,670,998 | $ | 1,647,515 | 122 | ||||||
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 289,000,000 | $ | 285,610,000 | 123 |
WILLIAM GREEN LEASE PAYMENTS | 124 |
The foregoing appropriation item 855401, William Green Lease | 125 |
Payments to OBA, shall be used for lease payments to the Ohio | 126 |
Building Authority, and these appropriations shall be used to meet | 127 |
all payments at the times they are required to be made during the | 128 |
period from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2013, by the Bureau of | 129 |
Workers' Compensation to the Ohio Building Authority pursuant to | 130 |
leases and agreements made under Chapter 152. of the Revised Code | 131 |
and Section 6 of Am. Sub. H.B. 743 of the 118th General Assembly. | 132 |
Of the amounts received in Fund 7023, appropriation item 855401, | 133 |
William Green Lease Payments to OBA, up to $35,824,735 shall be | 134 |
restricted for lease rental payments to the Ohio Building | 135 |
Authority. If it is determined that additional appropriations are | 136 |
necessary for such purpose, such amounts are hereby appropriated. | 137 |
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all | 138 |
tenants of the William Green Building not funded by the Workers' | 139 |
Compensation Fund (Fund 7023) shall pay their fair share of the | 140 |
costs of lease payments to the Workers' Compensation Fund (Fund | 141 |
7023) by intrastate transfer voucher. | 142 |
WORKERS' COMPENSATION FRAUD UNIT | 143 |
The Workers' Compensation Section Fund (Fund 1950) | 144 |
administered by the Attorney General shall receive payments from | 145 |
the Bureau of Workers' Compensation at the beginning of each | 146 |
quarter of each fiscal year to fund expenses of the Workers' | 147 |
Compensation Fraud Unit within the Attorney General's Office. Of | 148 |
the foregoing appropriation item 855410, Attorney General | 149 |
Payments, $828,200 in fiscal year 2012 and $828,200 in fiscal year | 150 |
2013 shall be used to provide these payments. | 151 |
SAFETY AND HYGIENE | 152 |
Notwithstanding section 4121.37 of the Revised Code, the | 153 |
Treasurer of State shall transfer $20,382,567 cash in fiscal year | 154 |
2012 and $20,161,132 cash in fiscal year 2013 from the State | 155 |
Insurance Fund to the Safety and Hygiene Fund (Fund 8260). | 156 |
OSHA ON-SITE CONSULTATION PROGRAM | 157 |
The Bureau of Workers' Compensation may designate a portion | 158 |
of appropriation item 855609, Safety and Hygiene Operating, to be | 159 |
used to match federal funding for the federal Occupational Safety | 160 |
and Health Administration's (OSHA) on-site consultation program. | 161 |
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION | 162 |
The Bureau of Workers' Compensation and the Rehabilitation | 163 |
Services Commission shall enter into an interagency agreement for | 164 |
the provision of vocational rehabilitation services and staff to | 165 |
mutually eligible clients. The bureau | 166 |
than $605,407 in fiscal year 2012 and not more than $605,407 in | 167 |
fiscal year 2013 from the State Insurance Fund to fund vocational | 168 |
rehabilitation services and staff in accordance with the | 169 |
interagency agreement. | 170 |
FUND BALANCE | 171 |
Any unencumbered cash balance in excess of $45,000,000 in the | 172 |
Workers' Compensation Fund (Fund 7023) on the thirtieth day of | 173 |
June of each fiscal year shall be used to reduce the | 174 |
administrative cost rate charged to employers to cover | 175 |
appropriations for Bureau of Workers' Compensation operations. | 176 |
Section 4. That existing Section 201 of Sub. H.B. 123 of the | 177 |
129th General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 487 of the | 178 |
129th General Assembly, is hereby repealed. | 179 |
Section 5. Law contained in the Main Operating Appropriations | 180 |
Act of the 130th General Assembly that applies generally to the | 181 |
appropriations made in that act also applies generally to the | 182 |
appropriations made in this act. | 183 |
Section 6. The provisions of law contained in this act, and | 184 |
their applications, are severable. If any provision of law | 185 |
contained in this act, or if any application of any provision of | 186 |
law contained in this act, is held invalid, the invalidity does | 187 |
not affect other provisions of law contained in this act and their | 188 |
applications that can be given effect without the invalid | 189 |
provision or application. | 190 |
Section 7. The sections of law contained in this act, and the | 191 |
items of law of which the sections of law contained in this act | 192 |
are composed, are not subject to the referendum under Ohio | 193 |
Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of the | 194 |
Revised Code and therefore go into immediate effect when this act | 195 |
becomes law. | 196 |
Section 8. An item that composes the whole or part of a | 197 |
section of law contained in this act has no effect after June 30, | 198 |
2015, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. | 199 |