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A
All
right
good
morning,
I'd
like
to
call
this
meeting
of
senate
finance
and
ways
and
means
to
order,
and
we've
got
a
dense
agenda
this
morning
and
a
lot
of
things
to
discuss
and
but
we'll
start
with
the
role.
A
Here
and
please
mark
the
other
members
present
as
they
arrive,
and
so
we
I
just
want
to
also
remind
the
public
that
we'll
be
having
public
comment
at
the
end
of
this
agenda,
and
we
will
also
the
public
comment
is
available
on
the
telephone
and
on
the
agenda.
Is
the
information
on
how
the
public
can
participate
and
we
will
start
with.
A
And
I
think
we
all
have
our
information
in
front
of
us
and
mr
thorley.
If
you
could
go
ahead
with
the
coven
19
relief
programs.
D
Certainly,
mr
chair,
good
morning,
everyone
wayne
thorley
for
the
record
lcb
fiscal
analysis,
division.
The
closing
packet
that
I'll
be
going
over
begins
on
page
three
of
the
document
that
was
just
handed
out
to
you
this.
This
relates
to
a
budget
amendment
that
was
submitted
by
the
governor's
finance
office.
The
budget
amendment
was
heard
on
april
26th.
D
Shortly
after
the
beginning
of
the
covid19
pandemic,
the
budget
account
was
created
to
receive
federal
relief
funds
related
to
the
pandemic,
specifically
the
coronavirus,
relief
funds
or
crf
dollars
that
were
allocated
through
the
cares
act.
From
last
year,
additional
federal,
cova,
19
relief
money
has
been
added
to
budget
account,
1327,
specifically
the
emergency
rental
assistance
program
or
e-wrap
funds
from
the
december
2020
stimulus
bill.
D
The
the
budget
amendment
from
the
governor's
finance
office
related
to
this
budget
does
three
things.
First,
the
budget
amendment
seeks
to
make
the
budget
account
1327
and
an
executive
budget.
D
So
up
through
now
the
budget
has
been
what
we
refer
to
as
a
non-executive
budget
and
is
not
subject
to
the
state
budget
act
under
chapter
353
of
nrs.
If
approved
the
the
budget
count
1327
will
become
a
an
executive
budget.
The
authorizations
in
the
budget,
if
approved
through
this
budget
amendment,
will
appear
in
the
authorizations
act
that
the
legislature
will
vote
on
later.
This
session
and.
D
The
second
recommendation
deals
with
carrying
forward
into
fy
22
290
000
in
corona
virus
relief
funds
or
crf
dollars
to
fund
1.8
full-time
equivalent
positions
and
three
contract
positions
in
the
governor's
finance
office
to
continue
oversight,
distribution
of
funds
reporting
and
auditing,
fulfilling
ordering
requirements
related
to
the
crf
funds.
D
These
are
already
existing
positions
and
are
separate
from
the
two
positions
that
the
full
money
committees
have
approved
for
the
governor's
finance
office.
The
two
new
positions,
so
these
are
these-
are
different
from
those.
D
D
The
next
recommendation
relates
to
the
e-wrap
program,
which
is
the
emergency
rental
assistance
program.
Funding
for
that
program
which
totaled
just
under
125
million
dollars,
came
through
the
december
stimulus
bill,
which
was
the
coronavirus
response
and
relief,
supplemental
appropriations,
act
or
cursa
act.
D
The
recommendation
that
that
money
already
has
been
brought
into
1327.
So
the
recommendation
of
the
budget
amendment
is
to
authorize
90.4
million
dollars
in
fy
22
under
the
e-wrap
program.
D
The
difference
between
the
125
million
and
the
90.4
million,
which
is
30,
34.5
million,
is
expected
to
be
expended
in
the
current
fiscal
year
on
rental
assistance
programs,
the
governor's
finance
office
has
confirmed
that
agreements
have
been
reached
with
the
three
local
agencies
that
will
be
distributing
the
funds
that
includes
the
clark
county,
social
services,
the
reno
housing
authority
and
the
nevada
rural
housing
authority.
So
those
agreements
are
in
place
to
date,
3.5
million
dollars
has
been
expended
on
the
rental
assistance
program
and
again
it
is.
D
So
those
are
the.
Those
are
the
three
things
that
the
budget
amendment
does
makes
the
budget
an
executive
budget
account.
D
It
authorizes
crf
funding
through
the
end
of
the
current
calendar
year
for
the
positions
that
provide
oversight
of
the
funds
and
then
authorizes
funding
through
the
end
or
in
fy
22
for
the
emergency
rental
assistance
program.
I
would
note
that
it
is,
and
the
governor's
finance
office
confirmed
this.
It
is
their
intention
that,
when
the
2.7
billion
dollars
from
the
american
rescue
plan,
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
funds
are
received
by
the
state
that
that
money
will
go
into
this
budget
and
from
there
will
be
distributed
to
various
agencies.
D
The
question
for
the
committees
today
is:
does
the
committee
wish
to
approve
budget
amendment
a216481327,
which
includes
federal
funding
of
90.6
million
in
fy
22
budgeted
in
a
new
coven
19
relief
funding
budget
in
the
executive
budget
and
staff
would
request
authority
to
make
technical
adjustments
as
necessary,
and
mr
chair
certainly
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
committee
might
have
about
this
budget
in
the
budget.
Amendment.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman.
This
has
been
a
lot
of
work
and
the
progress,
and
I
I
really
like
the
way
this
is
put
together.
I
especially
am
very
happy
to.
I
know
it
doesn't
make
the
speaker's
heart
sing
the
spreadsheets
that
are
involved
he's
shaking
his
head,
but
they're
they're,
very
concise.
B
A
Thank
you,
chair
carlton,
and
I
also
just
wanted
to
confirm-
and
I
know
that
when
we
we
made
this
decision
earlier
in
the
session
that
this
this
account
will
be
the
the
the
place
where
we'll
receive
all
of
the
federal
dollars.
That
will
be
coming
into
the
state
of
nevada,
that
that
will
be
the
arp
and
and
any
additional
relief
dollars
that
are
coming
into
the
state
of
nevada
will
be
flowing
into
this
account
and
it
will
be
an
executive
budget
account.
And
I
just
wanted
to
confirm
that.
A
A
A
And
oh
there
you
go.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much,
and-
and
you
know
this,
this
like
chair
carlton,
was
saying
this
spreadsheet.
A
We
have
in
the
back
here
this
this
table
that
we
have
in
the
back,
showing
all
these
funds
behind
every
one
of
these
was
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
from
gfo
and
then
and
then
lcb's
fiscal
staff
through
the
interim
finance
committee,
and
so
you
know,
and
each
one
of
these
there's
a
lot
of
nevadans
on
the
other
end
of
it,
that
that
needed
the
help
and
got
the
help,
and
so
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody
involved
in
that
process,
as
we
sat
through
16
ifc
days
that
dealt
with
21
16
that
dealt
with
just
this,
but
but
yeah
21
ifc
days,
and
I
can't
even
imagine
what's
going
on
and
and
senator
excuse
me,
the
legislative
council,
bureau's,
fiscal
division
and
the
gfo.
A
B
So,
mr
chair,
I
would
move-
and
this
is
a
closing
closing
I
always
have
to
remember
when
we
get
into
these
mixed
agendas
that
I'm
on
the
right
page,
especially
this
late
in
the
session.
So
I
would
move
to
close
budget
account.
101
13
27
is
presented
by
staff.
C
A
F
B
A
We
need
a
motion
also
to
to
to
approve
the
budget
amendment
on
page
seven.
B
Thank
you.
I
wasn't
sure
if
we
were
there
yet
or
not.
So
yes
and
then
also
approved
budget
amendment,
a
two
one,
six
four
eight
three,
which
includes
total
federal
funding
of
90.6
million
in
2022,
budgeted
in
a
new
coveted
relief
funding
budget
in
the
executive
budget.
And
of
course
we
have
to
give
staff
the
authority
to
make
technical
adjustments
as
necessary.
A
Seeing
none
all
in
favor
I
and
he
opposed
nay,
and
the
motion
passes
with
the
majority
of
the
members
present
and
thank
you
very
much,
mr
thorley,
and
now
we
will
move
on
to.
A
H
H
The
joint
subcommittee
on
general
government
has
completed
its
review
of
the
department
of
administration
budgets
for
the
2123
biennium.
The
closing
recommendations
of
the
subcommittee
resulted
in
no
changes
in
general
fund
appropriations
over
the
2123
biennium
when
compared
to
the
governor's
recommended
budget.
H
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
reclassification
of
a
nevada
commission
for
women
position
commensurate
with
changes
in
duties
and
consistent
with
the
actions
of
the
interim
finance
committee
on
april,
1st
2021,
with
a
corresponding
change
in
the
funding
source
for
50
percent
of
the
positions
cost
to
director's
office,
cost
allocation,
juvenile
and
family
court
judges.
Judges
budget
account
one
three
zero.
H
Two:
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
general
fund
appropriations
to
five
hundred
dollars
in
each
year
of
the
twenty
one,
twenty
three
biennium
to
restore
funding
for
the
national
council
of
juvenile
and
family
court
judges
that
was
eliminated
as
a
budget
reduction
measure
during
the
31st
special
session.
Bringing
total
funding
for
the
national
council
of
juvenile
and
family
court
judges
to
12
125
000
dollars
annually.
H
The
subcommittee
also
recommended
approval
of
general
fund
appropriations
of
1
750
in
each
year
of
the
biennium
to
restore
funding
for
the
national
judicial
college's
dividing
the
waters
program
that
was
eliminated
as
a
budget
reduction
measure
measured
during
the
31st
special
session.
Bringing
total
funding
for
the
national
judicial
colleges
dividing
the
waters
program
to
twelve
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
annually
eats
office
of
the
chief
information
officer
budget
account
one
three,
seven
three.
H
As
recommended
by
the
governor,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
cost
and
labor
distributions
with
the
various
eats
expenditure,
cost
pools
division
wide
and
to
adjust
the
rates
to
reflect
reserve
levels
approved
during
the
2019
legislative
session,
eats
computer
facility
budget
account.
1385.
H
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
for
the
expansion
and
renovation
of
the
leased,
las
vegas
hearings
and
appeals
office
to
address
an
increase
in
caseloads,
funded
by
an
allocation
of
266
999
997
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
2022
and
193
175
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
2023
from
the
workers,
compensation
and
safety
fund
and
fee
revenue
of
nineteen
thousand
one
hundred
seventy
three
dollars
in
fiscal
year.
Twenty
twenty
two
and
thirteen
thousand
eight
hundred
seventy
two
dollars
in
fiscal
year.
H
Twenty
twenty
three:
the
subcommittee
also
recommended
the
issuance
of
a
letter
of
intent,
instructing
the
hearings
and
appeals
division
to
submit
a
report
to
the
interim
finance
committee
regarding
the
calculation
of
the
new
facility
usage
fee,
the
usage
fee,
hourly
rate
and
the
fiscal
impact.
The
new
facility
usage
fee
rate
will
have
on
the
agencies
with
inter-local
agreements.
Once
the
new
facility
usage
fee
has
been
de
determined,
hrm
human
resource
management
budget
account
1363.,
as
recommended
by
the
governor.
H
H
H
Hrm
unemployment,
compensation
budget,
13339,
nsla,
state
library,
budget,
2891,
nsla
archives
and
public
records,
budget,
1052,
nsla
library,
cooperative
budget,
28.95,
nsla,
mel
services,
equipment,
budget,
1347,
nsla,
ips
equipment,
software
budget,
1053,
purchasing
budget,
1358,
federal
surp,
surplus
property
program,
budget,
1367
insurance
and
loss
prevention.
Budget
1352
subcommittee
also
recommended
approving
technical
adjustments
noted
by
staff
and
authorized
fiscal
staff
to
make
other
technical
adjustments
as
needed.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
mr
malone.
Do
we
have
any
questions
from
the
committee
on
this
subcommittee
closing
report.
A
Second,
I
have
a
motion
from
chair
carlton,
a
second
from
senator
dennis.
Do
I
have
any
discussion
on
that
motion
seeing
none
all
in
favor,
I
all
oppose
nay,
and
the
motion
carries
unanimously
and
we
can
move
on
to
the
next
subcommittee
closing
report.
A
A
All
right,
we
can
now
hear
the
subcommittee
closing
report
on
the
nevada
system
of
higher
education.
I
Thank
you,
mr
chair
john
casareth,
lcb
fiscal
for
the
record
this
morning
I'll
be
presenting
the
joint
subcommittee
on
k-12,
higher
education,
cip's
closing
report
for
the
nevada
system
of
higher
education.
Fiscal
staff.
Note
that
follow-up
information
received
by
the
agency
was
provided
to
all
members
of
the
joint
subcommittees
yesterday
on
may
6
2021,
the
joint
subcommittee
on
k-12,
higher
education
and
cip
completed
its
review
of
the
nevada,
assist
of
higher
education
or
enshi
budget
recommendations
in
the
executive
budget
for
the
21
to
23
biennium.
I
The
subcommittee's
actions
resulted
in
an
increase
of
general
fund
appropriations
of
617
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
22
and
778
dollars
in
fiscal
year
23.
the
subcommittee
approved
the
following
closing
actions,
beginning
with
the
governor
recommended
budget
reductions.
The
subcommittee
recommended
84.5
million
dollars
in
general
fund
reductions
each
year
of
the
21
to
23
biennium
across
all
nc
state
supported
budgets,
as
recommended
by
the
governor
reductions
identified
by
the
agency,
include
a
hiring
freeze
of
approximately
74
47.4
million
dollars
per
year.
I
Reduced
travel
at
1.9
million
dollars
per
year,
operating
expenditure
reductions
of
approximately
32.3
million
per
year.
A
reduction
to
the
silver
state
opportunity
grant
of
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
per
year
and
revenue
expenditure
offsets
between
non-state
and
state-supported
budgets
of
2.2
million
dollars
per
year.
I
Moving
to
the
nc
funding
formula
and
performance
funding
pool
for
instructional
budgets,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
continue
funding
the
seven
state
supported
operating
instructional
budgets
with
the
higher
education
funding
formula
and
distributing
general
fund
appropriations
based
on
ng
institutions.
Fiscal
year,
2020
weighted
student
credit
hours.
The
subcommittee
recommended
to
fund
weighted
student
credit
hour
caseload
adjustments
with
general
fund
appropriations
of
24
million
dollars
in
each
fiscal
year
of
the
21
to
23
biennium,
as
recommended
by
the
governor.
I
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
5.7
million
dollars
in
each
year
of
the
21-23
biennium
for
the
university
of
nevada,
reno
to
fund
research,
space
operations
and
maintenance
funding.
As
recommended
by
the
governor,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
4.6
million
in
each
fiscal
year
of
the
21
to
23
biennium
for
the
university
of
nevada,
las
vegas
to
fund
research,
space
operation
and
maintenance
funding,
also,
as
recommended
by
the
governor
research
on
m
funding
for
both
universities
was
recommended
as
a
pre-formula
allocation
to
be
appropriated
prior
to
the
calculation
of
the
weighted
student
credit
hour
value.
I
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
as
amended
to
approve
performance
funding
levels
of
93.7
million
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
22
and
94.1
million
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
23
representing
a
20
set-aside
of
general
fund
appropriations.
After
consideration
of
the
governor
recommended
budget
reductions
as
each
institution
achieved
100
of
its
fiscal
year
2020
performance
target.
I
Moving
to
the
budgeting
of
student
derived
revenues.
On
page
3
of
your
closing
packet,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
student-derived
non-general
fund
revenue
for
the
seven
formula,
instructional
institutions,
four
professional
schools,
the
capacity
enhancement
budget
and
the
prison
education
budget,
as
recommended
by
the
governor
for
the
2021-23
biennium.
I
The
funding
would
support
the
institution's
effort
in
the
development
and
sustainability
of
capacity
for
programs
that
align
with
workforce
and
economic
development
needs
of
the
state
and
for
dri
to
expand
its
research
efforts.
The
subcommittee
recommended
that
the
enhancement
funding
be
approved
as
one-time
funding
for
the
21-23
biennium
and
directed
the
institutions
to
remove
the
one-time
funding
from
the
base
budget
in
its
budget
request
for
the
23-25
biennium.
I
Finally,
the
subcommittee
recommended
issuing
a
letter
of
intent
requiring
the
institutions
to
report
to
the
interim
finance
committee
on
a
semi-annual
basis,
including
the
an
expenditure
report
detailing
how
capacity
funding
is
being
spent.
A
status
update
on
the
program
supported
through
the
funding
and
the
identification
of
generated
weighted
student
credit
hours
by
program
area
resulting
from
capacity
enhancement.
Funding.
I
Next
is
the
desert
research
institute.
The
subcommittee
concurred
with
the
governor's
recommendation
to
continue
to
fund
the
desert
research
institute's
budget
based
upon
the
dri
funding
formula
model
for
institutional
support
and
research
administration
functions
with
general
fund
appropriations
of
3.5
million
dollars
in
each
fiscal
year
of
the
21
to
23
biennium.
I
The
subcommittee
also
approved
the
governor's
recommendation
to
fund
dri's
operation
and
maintenance
costs
of
3.8
million,
of
which
3.7
million
is
general
fund
in
fiscal
year
22
and
a
total
of
3.9
million,
of
which
3.7
million
is
general
fund.
In
fiscal
year
23.,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
net
cumulative
general
fund
appropriations
of
277
848
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
22
and
287
747
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
23
to
account
for
inflationary
increases,
not
otherwise
accounted
for
in
the
dri
formula.
I
Next
is
the
nevada
teach
program.
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
of
150
000
in
general
fund
appropriations
each
year
of
the
21
to
23
biennium
to
continue
the
nevada
teach
program
at
the
university
of
nevada
reno
for
the
unr
2017
engineering
building
debt
service
budget.
I
The
letter
of
intent
would
additionally
instruct
ng
to
clearly
denote
positions
approved
and
eliminated
by
the
board
of
regents
as
compared
to
the
positions
approved
in
the
state
supported
budgets
by
the
2021
legislature.
When
preparing
the
23
to
25
biennium
budget,
the
subcommittee
also
recommended
the
adoption
of
a
new
budget
policy
that
would
base
general
fund
appropriations
for
future
cost
of
living
adjustments
or
salary
reductions
at
a
level
proportional
to
the
amount
of
general
fund
appropriations
within
each
ng
state-supported
budget.
I
Moving
to
funding
for
the
non-formula
and
professional
school
budgets,
the
bottom
page,
six
of
your
closing
packet,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
of
the
governor's
recommended
21
to
23
biennium
funding
levels
for
17
ng
non-formula
state
supported
operating
budgets
in
the
executive
budget.
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommended
21
to
23
biennium
funding
levels
for
the
unr
school
of
medicine,
the
unlv
boyed
us
william
s,
boyd
school
of
law,
the
unlv
school
of
dental
medicine
and
the
unlv
school
of
medicine.
I
Within
the
appropriations
act,
the
subcommittee
recommended
that
language
be
included
to
include
ng's
existing
authority
to
transfer
general
fund
appropriations
between
state-supported
budget
accounts,
subject
to
the
recommendation
of
the
governor
and
the
approval
of
the
interim
finance
committee.
Finally,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
fiscal
staff's
request
to
make
technical
adjustments
as
necessary.
Mr
chair.
That
concludes
this
closing
report.
A
F
Mr
chairman
appreciate
it
so
I
I
am
of
you
know,
I
supported
the
subcommittee's
actions
to
fund
these
budgets
at
the
governor's
recommended
level.
You
know,
based
on
the
idea
that
we're
going
to
be
coming
back
and
looking
back
at
ad
backs
in
budgets
on
a
pretty
comprehensive
level.
It
seems,
like
we've,
shifted
a
little
bit
to
doing
that
in
in
these
meetings
to
help
facilitate
staff.
F
You
know
getting
the
getting
their
work
done,
so
I'd
like
to
have
some
discussion
as
to
whether
we
think
this
is
where
we
want
to
be
with
higher
education.
I
personally
think
that
we
are
underfunding
where
we,
where
we
need
to
be
and
that
we
have
some
capacity
to
make
some
restorations
here
and.
A
Well,
I
don't
necessarily
know
if
we're
gonna
get
to
a
place
of
agreement.
I
think
this
is
the
only
time
that
we
have
to
make
that
that
could
have
that
conversation
since
we're
here,
accepting
that
subcommittee
report
and
closing
today.
So
I
welcome
any
of
your
comments
or
or
suggestions,
but
obviously
we're
going
to
be
taking
a
look
at
the
subcommittee
report,
the
recommendations
made
and
we
definitely
have
to
get
to
a
place
of
of
of
some
sort
of
certainty
soon
and
by
soon
I
mean
like
today.
F
Well,
I
I
appreciate
it,
mr
chairman,
I
you
know
the
you
know.
The
cuts
that
are
contained
within
this
budget
are
going
to
have,
in
my
mind
a
direct
and
negative
impact
on
the
students
that
we're
asking
to
step
up
in
future
years
to
lead
our
state.
F
The
cuts
that
we
heard
about
from
the
institutions
include
support
for
those
students.
The
wraparound
support
that
our
most
at-risk
students
need
to
help
them
graduate.
There
will
be
fewer
class
offerings
that
will
allow
students
to
move
through
their
their
their
course
of
study
and
move
towards
graduation
in
a
timely
manner.
F
We're
reducing
the
funding
for
our
both
our
schools
of
medicine
and
our
other
professional
schools
dramatically
at
a
time
when
we
need
them
the
most,
and
I
think
that,
if,
if,
if
we
can't
move
to
a
place
of
fully
restoring
12
cuts
that
are
contained
within
the
governor's
budget,
because
it's
a
big
number,
it's
like
170
million
dollars
or
something
to
that
effect,
I
think
it
would
be
worth
at
least
making
a
statement
that
we
want
to
prioritize
higher
education
in
our
state
and
add
them
back
in
a
commensurate
way.
A
Thank
you,
senator
kikifer,
and
while
I
agree
with
everything
that
you
just
said,
we
we
are
in
a
situation
where
we
have
some
pretty
significant
needs
and
revenue
hasn't
been
restored
to
the
point
that
it
can
fund
those
needs
and,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
we're
even
going
backwards
on
revenue
right
now
and
and
to
to
about
that
same
tune.
A
And
so
I
I
agree
that
that
we,
these
are
all
things
that
we
need
to
be
investing
in,
but
we're
kind
of
in
a
situation
right
now,
where,
as
we're
looking
at
everything
that
we've
had
to
close,
including
what
we
haven't
yet
closed
and
that's
k-12
public
education,
the
need
is
great
and
the
revenue
doesn't
match
that
need,
and
so
I
think
that
we
do
have
some
opportunities
with
arp
funding,
future
arp
funding
and,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
I
believe
there
has
been
quite
a
bit
of
federal
funding.
A
That's
already
gone
to
higher
education,
and
I
believe
there
will
be
future
federal
funding.
That's
still
available
that
will
be
going
to
higher
education,
and
so
I
I
I
just
am
well.
I
just
do
not
disagree
with
the
thing
you
just
said
on
the
on
the
need
and
and
the
value
as
somebody
who
just
watched
my
son
graduate
from
you
know,
out
of
the
university
of
nevada,
reno
yesterday
and
and
and
what
that
represents
for
the
future
of
our
state
and
watching
all
those
those
students.
A
I
I
think
that
we
need
to
have
maybe
a
more
comprehensive
conversation
around
the
federal
funding,
that's
available
and
has
been
used,
and
so
these
are
tough
decisions,
and
this
is
an
incredibly
tough
decision
for
me,
but
I
I
think
that
that
we
definitely
need
to
have
a
conversation
about
federal
funding
and
how
current
federal
funding,
how
it
was
used
and
future
federal
funding.
How
will
be
used?
J
Thank
you,
chair,
brooks
for
the
comments
and-
and
I
want
to
kind
of
expand
on
what
senator
key
keffer
said
when
we
were
closing
the
budgets
on
may
6.
We
discussed
adding
money
back
and
we
made
it
clear
that
we
were
going
to
revisit
the
budgets,
but
then
we've
kind
of
switched
gears
in
the
process
and
that
it's
my
understanding
for
health
and
human
services,
that
maybe
it
was
a
global
restoration
yesterday
and
so
we've
switched
from
sort
of
piecemeal
to.
J
Maybe
it's
not
global,
but
some
some
significant
restorations
yesterday
and
higher
ed,
I
think,
is
being
treated
differently
in
part
because
their
budget
is
somewhat
outside
of
the
system.
So
they've
received
federal
dollars,
but
I
believe
they
spent
most
of
their
federal
dollars.
But
we
haven't
necessarily
had
all
that
in
the
details
like
we
see
for
k-12
and
like
we,
we
just
saw
in
some
of
the
other
budgets
because
of
the
way
that
their
their
process
is
different
than
others.
And
I
don't
know
if
there's
an
opportunity
for
them
to
go
through
that.
J
But
but
when
I
specifically
look
at
the
cuts-
and
I
see
270
positions
that
are
being
lost
and
when
I
see
45
million
dollar
cuts
in
the
med
school
and
1.6
or
so
for
the
health
lab,
those
cuts
will
make
a
difference.
It'll
make
a
difference
in
the
future
of
providing
health
care
in
our
state,
and-
and
you
know,
the
health
lab
has
has
responded
so
boldly
to
help
everybody
and
those
are
sort
of
the
small
pieces
but
kind
of
going
back
to
the
broader
picture.
J
It
just
seems
like
we're,
treating
them
differently
and
we're
not
considering
add
backs
when
we
did
get
great
news
from
the
economic
forum
and
when
we
are
adding
back
significant
dollars
to
other
budgets,
and
so
I
just
I
think,
if
we
view
if
we
have
a
vision
of
nevada
as
a
stronger,
more
resilient
and
diversified
state,
higher
ed
plays
a
huge,
huge
role,
and
I
think
the
money
that
we
may
not
add
back
today
is
going
to
hurt
us
in
in
the
long
run
in
in
the
future.
J
So
I
really
think
it's
something
that
we
need
to
reconsider,
instead
of
just
closing
it
down,
because
we
should
recognize
that
again,
the
economic
forum
came
in
with
really
good
news
and
we're
adding
back
significant
dollars
in
other
places
and
did
not
add
back
any,
I
think,
is
catastrophic
for
for
the
near
and
the
longer
term
future.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
Senator
receivers
cancer,
chair
carlton.
B
Having
some
conversations
about
that,
you
know
we
that
conversation
was
a
global
conversation,
but
now
that
we
have
the
opportunity
to
take
care
of
this
so
that
when
it's
closed,
it's
done
and
staff
doesn't
have
to
go
back
and
make
an
even
larger
lift
to
be
able
to
do
that.
B
We
saw
the
opportunity
in
front
of
us,
so
so
we
took
it
if
we
can
give
that
level
of
comfort
to
the
folks
that
are
working
through
these
budgets.
That's,
that
was
the
sea
change.
That
happened,
and
you
saw
it
at
the
subcommittee
level
and
we
had
a
conversation
with
it
at
the
subcommittee
level.
As
far
as
the
end
she
conversation
goes.
I
know
I
have
a
reputation
in
this
building
of
being
an
adversary.
Even
she
it's
never
really
necessarily
been
adversarial.
B
I
think
it's
been
more
accountability
and
explanation
and
wanting
to
make
sure
that
the
dollars
that
we
spend
go
where
they
are
there's
a
bit
of
a
curtain
and
a
lot
of
the
dollars.
An
inch
are
behind
the
curtain
and
sometimes
it's
hard
to
make
tough
decisions
on
inchi.
When
you
don't
have
all
the
data-
and
I've
said
this
to
almost
every
nc
advocate
and
lobbyist
that
I
have
ever
met
with
that.
B
I
appreciate
where
they
are,
but
if
I
have
a
choice
between
kindergarteners
and
college
kids,
I'm
there
for
the
kindergarteners
right
now
they
need
my
voice.
They
need
our
voice.
We
have
k-12
to
deal
with
in
the
very
near
future
and
college
kids
grown
up.
We
can
figure
out
what
to
do
with
them,
but
when
it
comes
down
to
it,
that's
where
I
feel
I
need
to
be
and
advocate
for
those
and
I've
never
made
a
secret
of
that.
I've
always
been
very
honest
with
ng
on
how
I
feel
so.
B
They
know
that
when
we
went
through
the
budget
closings
last
time,
if
the
economic
forum
had
not
come
back
the
way
they
were,
there
were
more
cuts
planned,
and
I
think
they
were
very
relieved
to
not
see
those
cuts
happen
because
of
the
economic
forum.
This
isn't
the
last
day
of
session.
It
isn't
over
till
it's
over.
A
Thank
you,
chair
carlton,
assemblywoman
tolls.
K
Thank
you
chair.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity,
so
this
hits
really
close
to
home,
because
the
whole
reason
I
ever
entered
this
building
10
years
ago
was
during
the
2011
cuts
to
both
k-12
and
higher
ed
and
as
a
mom
of
two
public
school
kids.
I
definitely
appreciated
the
the
vice
chair
statements
on
the
importance
of
k-12,
but
also
really
lived
those
cuts
in
higher
ed.
I
watched
half
my
department
take
early
retirement,
some
of
my
favorite
professors
before
they
planned
on
it.
K
I
watched
our
grad
school,
get
closed
and
I'll,
never
forget
at
nine
o'clock
at
night,
pulling
up
on
the
side
of
a
road
just
counseling
one
of
my
students
who
was
in
tears
because
now
she
didn't
know
what
to
do
with
her
life
and
I'm
actually
still
in
touch
with
that
student
and
she
just
finally
graduated
from
nursing
school
last
year.
But
it
took
her
almost
these
last
10
years
to
find
her
way.
K
I
watched
our
class
sizes
grow
exponentially,
have
to
be
pushed
online
or
into
large
lecture
halls,
and
I
had
to
deal
with
desperate
students
when
I
had
waiting
lists
of
25
to
40
kids
trying
to
get
into
my
classes
panicked
because
they
weren't
going
to
graduate
on
time
and
during
the
special
session
we
cut
and
she
deeper
than
any
other
budget
in
this
state,
with
the
expectation
that
when
we
had
the
ability,
we
would
remember
that
and
prioritize
that
funding
back,
and
I
was
really
really
hopeful
that
the
subcommittee's
report
was
going
to
say
something
different
and
that
we
were
going
to
be
able
to
do
that.
K
I
understand
we're
making
hard
choices
across
the
state,
and
none
of
these
cuts
are
easy,
but
I
think
it's
important.
We
remember
that
we
cut
and
she
deeper
than
any
other
budget,
and
I'd
really
like
to
see
us
prioritize
getting
that
money
back.
I
know
that
we've
been
able
to
prioritize
other
funds
and
I'd
like
to
see
us
keep
that
commitment.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you
chair.
I
don't
want
to
extend
this
too
terribly
longer,
but
I
do
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
just
make
a
couple
comments.
First
of
all,
I
I
really
appreciate
the
comments
from
my
colleagues
and-
and
I
agree,
and
I
do
think
that
we
need
to
prioritize
higher
ed
and
I
do
think
that
higher
ed
is
going
to
be
essential
as
we
talk
about
coming
out
of
the
pandemic
in
our
economic
recovery,
and
that
is,
you
know
something
that
we
should
be
considering.
G
I
just
wanted
to,
and-
and
I
really
appreciate
special
carlton's
comments
about
this-
is
the
today
decision
and
they're
still
16.
Are
we
at
16.?
However,
many
days
left,
15
15
days
left,
I
just
thought
it
was
important
to
talk
about
scale
just
a
little
bit
because
we
have
shifted.
G
I
don't
think,
there's
been
a
sea
change
and
shift
of
that.
We
are
still
in
the
place
where
we
really
need
to
understand
how
much
money
we
have
available,
which
I
think
will
happen
more
after
this
upcoming
weekend
before
we
can
make
big
decisions,
and
so
since
hhs
was
specifically
brought
up,
want
to
talk
about
that.
G
So
I
do
think
that
there's
some
nuance
to
why
we're
departing
a
little
bit
from
the
global
conversation
in
some
very
specific
instances
around
hhs
because
of
disruption
to
services
and
draw
down
a
federal
match,
we're
kind
of
shaky
about
whether
or
not
we're
going
to
get
to
arp.
So
with
that
all
said.
G
That
is
why
I'm
comfortable
I'm
not
comfortable.
That's
not
even
the
right
word,
but
I'm
accepting
the
decision
that
I
think
we
need
to
make
today
with
hope
that
there
is
a
different
decision
that
can
be
made
before
sinai,
die
and
comfortable
with
the
decision
to
make
some
different
decisions
in
hhs
that
both
are,
where
we're
likely
gonna
so
very
likely
about
where
we're
gonna
end
this
thing
and
make
staff's
life
significantly
easier
in
getting
us
there.
So
thank
you
for
the.
A
Thank
you
any
other
questions
from
the
committee
on
this
subcommittee
closing
report.
J
Thank
you
so
much
sorry,
I've
just
been
inspired.
You
know
me,
I've
got
something
to
say
so
I'll
feel
better
after
I
say
it.
I
just
I
want
to
make
sure
we're
acknowledging
the
fact
that,
or
at
least
as
I
see
it,
the
conversations
are
different
when
we're
talking
about
social
safety,
net
programs
and
just
trying
to
hold
together
our
delicate
and
tenuous
underfunded
social
safety
net
programs
versus
funding
for
the
university.
I
heard
comments
about
what
we
did
during
special
session.
J
I
have
I've
also
said
in
all
my
meetings
with
a
chancellor
with
different
presidents
that
it's
always
difficult,
because
we
do
continue,
we
support
and
she
at
a
great
level,
and
there
are
studies
out
there.
That
say-
and
you
heard
the
chancellor
say
in
her
opening
remarks-
state
nevada
puts
a
lot
of
dollars
into
the
higher
education
system,
even
at
a
better
rate
than
some
of
our
surrounding
states.
J
We
do
pretty
well
at
this,
so
the
accusation
that
that
we
don't
care
enough
or
we
don't
do
enough-
is
always
one
that
sits
sideways
with
me,
because
I
think
it
is
factually
untrue
and
I
think
that
to
paint
this
committee,
any
of
us,
as
in
a
spot
of
being
less
than
concerned
about
students
is,
is
it's
just
hyperbolic
rhetoric
that
does
nothing
to
actually
help
us
have
sincere
conversations,
and
so
I
always.
I
just
think
that
that's
the
wrong
way
to
paint
this
conversation.
A
A
F
I
think,
mr
chairman,
in
hopes
that
we
can
circle
back
on
this
later.
I
I
will
maintain,
but
I
can't
support
accepting
the
report
at
this
time
and
because
this
is
not
just
cuts
to
universities
right.
L
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
I
always
appreciate
when
there's
a
tough
decision
that
we
all
of
a
sudden
want
to
talk
about
minorities
and
low-income
and
the
most
challenging.
I
think
that
we
are
in
this
together
and
in
particular
on
this
committee.
It
requires
that
we
make
tough
decisions
and
that
we
rely
on
each
other
in
the
long
game.
L
They
use
the
federal
dollars
that
we
have
in
order
to
true
things
up,
and
so
I
think
that
it's
a
bit
unfair
to
pick
and
choose
knowing
that
the
likelihood
of
it
passing
means
I
can
hold
my
nose
and
ignore
it
and
let
it
go
and
say
I'm
not
going
to
support
it,
but
I
might
support
it
later.
But
when
later
comes
and
we're
able
to
use
federal
dollars,
then
we
all
of
a
sudden
want
to
jump
together
and
say
kumbaya.
L
This
work
requires
tough
decisions
and
it
requires
that
we
acknowledge
that
we're
in
it
together
and
it's
just
a
little
bit
frustrating
when
we,
I
think,
paint
a
partisan
picture
or
a
policy
or
rhetorical
position
on
some
of
these
tough
decisions
and
not
have
a
willingness
to
to
join
in
the
fight.
But
none
of
these
are
pleasant
things.
L
We
worked
with
ng
to
make
sure
that
we
applied
those
cuts
previously
in
ways
that
they
acknowledged
they
could
absorb,
and
so
I
just
feel
like
we
got
to
be
in
this
together
and
we
can't
pick
and
choose
when
we
care
about
some
of
these
issues
and
only
jump
in
at
the
end
of
the
ga
at
the
end
of
the
day
and
want
to
take.
You
know
some
some.
You
know
victory
lap
when
we
weren't
in
the
trenches
willing
to
make
the
tough
decisions
in
the
middle
of
the
process.
J
Thank
you,
chair
brooks
I'm
not
going
to
support
the
motion
either
and
I
have
to
say
I
mean
we've
done
this
a
number
of
times:
there's
always
tension
between
k-12,
higher
ed
health
and
human
services,
some
of
the
big
budgets,
because
they
are
so
big.
They
they
take
up
most
of
the
general
fund
and
I
think
they're
all
priorities,
and
we
also
we
all
support
them.
I
I
just
think
that
this
budget
is
being
treated
differently
and
that
we
need
to
look
at
it
again
and
maybe
we're
going
to
close.
J
F
A
Thank
you,
and
I
just
want
to
remind
everyone
that
a
budget
is
revenue
and
expenditures
and
those
two
things
are
tied
together.
So
I
I
hope
that
our
concern
for
one
reflects
our
concern
for
the
other.
Do
we
have
any
other
comment
on
on
this
subcommittee
report?
A
All
right.
Excuse
me
on
the
motion
on
the
subcommittee
report.
Seeing
none
all
in
favor
of
the
motion,
I
all
against
nay.
Could
you
raise
your
hands
the
nays?
We
have
senator
gokuchiya.
We
have
senator
ki
keffer.
We
have
senator
hammond,
we
have
senator
sievers
gansert,
we
have
assemblywoman
tolls,
we
have
assemblyman
haven,
assemblyman
lovett,
some
women
roberts
and
assemblywoman
titus
our
nays.
A
A
All
right,
I
think,
everybody's
got
their
documents
and
and
as
had
a
chance
to
to
begin
to
review
them,
and
so
now
we
can
hear
the
joint
subcommittee
on
human
services
closing
report
on
the
department
of
health
and
human
services,
aging
and
disability
services.
Division.
M
M
The
closing
recommendations
of
the
subcommittee
result
in
net
reductions
and
general
fund
appropriations
of
5.9
million
in
fiscal
year,
2022
and
net
additional
general
fund
appropriations
of
six
hundred
and
eighty
two
thousand
seven
hundred
and
twelve
dollars
in
fiscal
year
2023
when
compared
to
the
governor's
recommended
budget.
The
following
comments
describe
the
more
significant
recommendations
of
the
subcommittee
for
the
patient
protection
commission
budget
3055,
the
governor
recommended
transferring
the
patient
protection
commission
from
the
office
of
the
governor's
budget
to
the
aging
and
disability
services
division
as
a
new
stand-alone
budget.
M
However,
the
subcommittee,
alternatively
recommended
approval
of
transferring
the
patient
protection
commission
to
the
office
of
the
director
of
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
as
a
new
stand-alone
budget
contingent.
Upon
the
passage
of
enabling
legislation
for
the
senior
rx
and
disability
rx
budget
3156.
M
With
the
remaining
50
of
service
delivery
provided
by
community
providers,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
caseload
and
staffing
adjustments
to
reflect
updated
caseload
projections.
As
of
march
2021,
which
resulted
in
net
additional
funding
of
525
178
over
the
20
21
to
23
biennium,
including
555
73333
net
general
fund
increase,
which
is
a
reduction
of
1
million
in
total
funding,
including
810
603
net
general
fund
reduction
over
the
biennium
when
compared
to
the
executive
budget.
M
The
subcommittee
also
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
reduce
the
rate
paid
to
early
intervention
services
to
community
providers
as
a
budget
reduction
measure
from
565
dollars
to
500
per
child
per
month.
Effective
july
2021,
with
the
updated
caseload
projections
as
of
march
2021,
resulting
in
general
fund
savings
of
2.9
million
over
the
2021-23
biennium,
which
is
an
increase
in
general
fund
savings
of
277
388
dollars
when
compared
to
the
executive
budget.
A
I
think
there
were
some
decisions
made
at
the
subcommittee
that
we
wanted
to
possibly
revisit
senator
ready.
G
So,
thank
you,
chair
brooks.
I
was
so
busy
following
along
in
the
paperwork.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
on
the
right
one.
So
are
we
we're
on
the
early
intervention
services.
A
Thank
you,
senator
reddy,
first
of
all,
miss
ellsworth.
Does
that
make
sense?
Does
that
track
with
the
with
the
information
you
have
and
then
second,
I
just
want
to
see
if
we
have
any
other
discussion
on
that
particular
recommendation.
M
Yes,
this
is
kimber
ellsworth
for
the
record
to
reject
recommendation.
Currently,
the
savings
for
the
biennium
would
be
2.9
million,
with
the
rate
reduction.
So
if
the
rate
reduction
were
not
approved,
then
additional
general
fund
appropriations
of
2.9
million
would
be
required
over
the
biennium.
B
It
does
chair
carlton
and
thank
you,
and
I
was
just
wanting
to
make
sure
that
I
had
everything
in
the
same
place
also
so
in
in
essence,
the
previous
cut
that
we
made,
because
of
just
where
we
were
at
that
particular
moment
in
time.
B
G
A
Thank
you,
senator
you're
referencing,
the
decision
made
by
the
subcommittee
on
page
27
from
the
previous
decision.
That
was,
we
would
not
be
accepting
that
correct.
Okay,
assemblywoman
monroe
moreno.
Does
this
any
com?
Okay
and
then
assemblywoman
benitez
thompson.
J
Thanks
so
much,
and
I'm
just
referencing
this,
because
I
I
don't
think
I
have
my
my
pinks
on
it,
but
on
the
the
part
of
that
decision
was
also
the
the
elimination
of
the
the
caseworker
spot.
So
I
just
didn't
know
if
that
include,
if
it
was
just
the
rate
or
if
it
was
any
of
the
positions
or
if
those
positions
were
ones
we
had
already.
G
So
do
I
guess
I
don't
have
to
say
my
name
for
the
record,
so
my
understanding
of
it
and
it
would
be
very
helpful
for
staff
to
verify
this-
is
that
the
staffing
levels
were
made
as
a
result
of
caseload
projections
and
so
not
necessarily
are
a
budget
reduction
but
more
a
reflection
of
the
caseload
projection.
M
J
J
K
Thank
you,
chair,
and,
and
thank
you
for
bringing
this
discussion
and
and
options
forward,
and
this
was
one
of
the
items
that
we
had
a
plethora
of
discussion
about
throughout
this
process,
and
I
think
we
all
share
the
same
discomfort
of
the
long-term
impacts
of
not
being
able
to
intervene
early,
that
we
know
increase
over
time
over
the
course
of
that
client
or
individual's
life,
and
and
also
the
impact
that
that
has
on
need
for
state
services
down
the
road.
K
G
Absolutely
so
using
very
specifically
the
recommendation
that
came
out
of
subcommittee,
that's
on
page
27,
which
was
to
recommend
the
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
reduce
the
early
intervention
services,
community
provider
rate
from
565
to
500
per
child
per
month
in
e-698
and
e-699
decision
units.
With
the
march
2021
uplated
uploaded
updated
caseload
productions
to
realize
general
fund
savings
of
2.9
million
over
the
21
23
biennium.
B
C
M
Ellsworth,
I
I
believe
so
I
might
have
to
defer
to
management,
to
make
sure
that
that
was
stated.
A
And
mr
thorley
or
mrs
kaufman
did
you
is
that
motion
sufficiently
clear
for
the
record.
A
B
A
Okay,
great,
thank
you
thank
you,
and
so
now
we
will
move
on
to
the
autism
treatment
assistance
program
portion
of
this
subcommittee
report.
Ms
ellsworth,
please.
M
Thank
you.
The
autism
treatment
assistance
program
budget
3209
for
this
budget.
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
caseload
and
staffing
adjustments
to
reflect
updated
case
of
projections
as
of
march
2021,
and
to
eliminate
the
projected
wait
list
which
result
in
net
additional
funding
of
2.8
million,
including
2.7
million
general
funds
over
the
2021
to
23
biennium,
which
is
a
reduction
of
481
614
in
total
funding
over
the
biennium,
including
417
675
general
fund
reduction
when
compared
to
the
executive
budget.
The
adjustments
include
a
net
increase
of
two
administrative
assistant
positions
with
associated
operating
costs.
M
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
replace
healthy
nevada
funds,
with
federal
temporary
assistance
for
needy
families,
funding
of
5.7
million
over
the
2021-23
biennium
to
support
autism
service
costs.
The
subcommittee
also
recommended
replacing
healthy
nevada
funds
with
general
fund
appropriations
of
287
000
over
the
2021-23
biennium
to
support
administrative
expenses
to
ensure
healthy
nevada
funds
are
utilized
in
accordance
with
statute
for
the
home
and
community
based
services.
M
Budget
3266,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
caseloads
and
staffing
adjustments
to
reflect
updated
caseload
projections
as
of
march
2021,
and
eliminate
the
projected
wait
list
for
the
community-based
care
programs,
including
the
community
options
program
for
the
elderly,
personal
assistance
services
and
homemaker
programs,
which
result
in
the
additional
general
fund
appropriations
of
1.8
million
over
the
2021-23
biennium,
which
is
an
increase
of
2
million
in
general
fund
appropriations
over
the
biennium
when
compared
to
the
executive
budget.
The
adjustments
include
a
net
increase
of
12
positions
with
associated
operating
costs
to
align
staffing
with
projected
caseload
growth.
M
The
adjustments
include
a
net
reduction
of
four
positions
to
align
staffing
with
projected
case
of
growth
and
previously
approved
staffing
ratios,
including
the
elimination
of
five
vacant,
adult
rights,
specialist
case
workers
and
one
vacant,
adult
rights
supervisor,
and
the
addition
of
two
social
service
program.
Specialists
who
perform
quality
assurance
work.
A
Thank
you,
chair
carlton.
Do
we
have
any
discussion
from
the
committee
on
this
particular
item
within
home
and
and
community-based
services?
G
Thank
you
chair.
I
would
just
quickly
add
that
you
know
the
evidence
is
just
overwhelming
that
the
highest
fatality
rate
from
the
copa
19
pandemic
happened
in
long-term
care
facilities.
These
long-term
care
ombudsmen
and
women's
are
our
eyes
on
the
ground
on
what's
happening
in
care
facilities
and
it's
not
quality
assurance.
It's
not
licensing,
it's
very
different.
It's
a
place
where
families
can
go
to
share
their
concerns,
and
I
just
have
significant
concerns
about
not
having
that
resource
in
place
as
we
are
navigating
the
rest
of
this
pandemic.
So
I
would
support
the
recommendation.
A
B
And,
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
I'd
be
happy
to
restate
it
again,
so
I
would
move
to
not
approve
the
reductions
to
the
long
term
care
ombudsman
program.
A
Okay,
that,
I
think
that's
clear,
so
we
have
a
motion
from
chair
carlton,
a
second
from
senator,
dennis
any
discussion
on
that
motion.
M
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
The
next
item
for
the
home
and
community
based
services
budget
is
the
recommendation
to
approve
staffing
adjustments
for
the
adult
protected
services
program,
based
on
the
case
of
projections
used
in
the
executive
budget
for
the
addition
of
nine
social
worker
positions,
which
result
in
additional
general
fund
appropriations
of
1.7
million
over
the
2021-23
biennium.
G
Thank
you,
chair
brooks.
I
think
those
members
of
the
subcommittee
will
remember
extensive
conversation
about
this
one
and,
if
it's
easier
to
track
the
conversation,
that's
page
49
of
the
subcommittee
closing
document.
So
this
is
a
mandate.
The
a
relatively
new
program
that
we've
created
to
have
it
extend
adult
protective
services
to
very
vulnerable
adults.
G
A
relatively
new
program.
The
caseload
projections
indicated
that
they
needed
26
staff.
The
budget
subcommittee
closing
only
got
them
to
six
staff,
and
there
was.
It
was
stated
by
the
agency
that
they
had
concerns
about
whether
they
would
be
able
to
meet
the
requirements
of
nrs
in
terms
of
providing
the
productive
capacity
to
these
vulnerable
clients.
And
so
the
recommendation
that
I
would
like
the
committee
to
consider
is
adding
an
additional
six
positions.
G
It
would
be
five
social
workers
and
one
social,
five,
social
worker,
caseworkers
and
one
social
work
supervisor,
because
the
gap
between
the
caseload
and
the
resources
that
we're
giving
them
is
so
significant.
I
think
the
conversation
and
the
subcommittee
as
we're
basically
setting
them
up
to
fail.
G
They
reported
that
they
have
a
very
high
vacancy
rate
and
the
question
is:
do
they
have
that
high
vacancy
rate,
because
the
case
load
ratios
are
so
high
that
this
is
not
a
place
that
folks
are
signing
up
to
work
at?
So
that's
the
that's
the
recommendation
that
I'd
like
the
committee
to
consider.
A
B
H
C
H
A
long
way
in
helping
some
of
the
most
needy
in
our
communities,
I
would
agree.
A
J
Thank
you,
chair,
brooks
right
before
senator
ratty
said
they
have
vacancies.
I
was
thinking
to
myself.
I
wonder
if
we
have
enough
social
workers,
you
know
the
pipeline
of
social
workers
and
I
absolutely
agree
that
we
should
restore
some
of
these
funds,
but
I
also
recognize
that
we
have
a
hard
time
hiring
people,
and
this
is
sort
of
the
bigger
conversation
too.
I
you
know
as
we
work
through
this.
J
So
again,
that's
sort
of
a
a
bigger
issue,
but
I
did
I
was
thinking
exactly:
do
we
even
have
vacancies
and
can
we
fill
these
positions?
So
I
totally
support
this,
I'm
very
hopeful
that
we
can
fill
those
positions.
Thank
you.
J
Thanks
so
much
and
I
think
we
could
have
maybe
the
division
clarify,
because
I
think
we
could
understand,
I
think,
there's
a
mix,
although
the
title
is
loosely
social
worker.
I
think
there's
a
mix
between
licensed
and
not
licensed,
and
I
know
that
it's
been
kind
of
an
issue
for
the
department
to
address
some
parity
issues
in
there,
but
so
I
that
might
help
to
understand
that.
But
I
think
there's
was
just
nine
social
worker
positions.
So
if
they're
licensed
social
workers
licensed
social
workers,
I
guess
they
can.
J
Let
us
know
if
they
can
find
nine
of
them.
That
doesn't
seem
like
an
incredible,
an
incredible
heavy
lift,
but
they
can
clarify
us.
But
in
past
sessions
there
has
been
a
lot
of
work
with
with
the
schools
and
with
the
licensing
boards
to
make
sure
that
we
were
addressing
pipeline
issues.
J
And
so
I
don't
want
it
to
be
left
for
the
record
that
that
hasn't
been
a
consideration
or
there
hasn't
been
work
on
that.
Because
there's
been
a
couple
of
of
different
conversations
over
the
years
to
make
sure
we
were
aligning
workforce
needs
with
the
licensing
board
and
also
with
the
the
universities
for
the
licensed
social
workers.
But
the
department
could
probably
answer
more
specifically
if
these
are
not
unlicensed
or
if
it's
a
mix
of
licensed
and.
N
So
these
positions
in
adult
protective
services
are
all
licensed
social
workers
and
we
often
as
as
something
mentioned
we
offer
we
have
worked
on
the
pipeline.
We
have
a
partnership
with
the
universities
for
internship
programs
to
support
internships
in
this
field.
So,
yes,
these
are
all
licensed
social
workers.
J
J
We
should
note
that
with
the
the
witchy
programs
as
well
and
some
policy
changes
and
considerations
we're
having
there
we're
looking
at
health
unneeded
areas
where
we
underserved
areas
in
terms
of
kind
of
professions
out
there
in
the
community
versus
kind
of
a
geographic
position
position
to
help
to
make
sure
that
those
grants
and
loans
for
some
of
these
positions
are
working
in
a
more
effective
manner.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
just
to
piggyback
a
little
bit
on
the
majority
leader
floor
leaders
comments
just
now
all
these
budgets
that
we're
discussing
today
truly
are
intertwined,
and
this
just
points
out
the
importance
of
making
sure
that
pipeline
that
our
schools
are
know
what
the
the
needs
are.
The
places
we
need
to
fill
the
education
nil
needs
on
on
a
post,
high
school
grad
and
some
of
the
stuff
that
we
need
to
fund
our
schools
and
make
sure
that
we
all
work
together
to.
We
can't
fill
this
budget.
C
If
we
don't
help,
you
know
find
that
pipeline
fund
those
schools
and
that
training,
because
it
trickles
down
to
all
levels
of
our
of
our
state.
So
I
appreciate
that
thorough
discussion
of
what
the
needs
are.
First
aid
and
filling
these
back
positions,
because
it's
not
just
these
five
here
social
workers,
it's
in
our
schools,
that
we
need
social
workers
and
we
need
them
in
lots
of
locations.
So
I
appreciate
that
that
discussion
thank.
K
Thank
you
chair,
and
I
I
think
assemblywoman
titus
just
touched
on
what
I
was
going
to
bring
up
after
I'm
hearing
my
colleague
senator
ganser
sievers
cancer
talk
about
having
the
overall
discussion,
so
I
think
the
wages
are
a
good
portion
of
that,
but
also
harken
back
to
again
in
2011
as
a
result
of
those
cuts,
we
had
to
close
the
school
of
social
work,
and
so
I
I
wonder
if
we
could
take
a
look
at
a
report
in
the
future
of
sort
of
specifically
how
those
are
aligned
with
the
vacancies
that
we're
facing
in
many
of
these
critical
services
in
health
and
human
services.
K
K
A
And
you
always
have
the
ability
to
ask
the
agency
in
real
time,
even
over
the
interim
on
on
what
that
looks
like
and
and
what
the
shortages
might
look
like
and
what
causes
there
are.
If
there
are
any.
K
A
All
right,
thank
you
and
senator
ratty.
G
Thank
you.
So,
first
of
all,
I
want
to
just
make
sure
that
there's
clarity,
so
I'm
using
page
49
again,
the
subcommittee
recommendation
was
a
net
increase
in
six
social
worker
case
workers,
which
I
think
we've
clarified
that
are
licensed.
G
A
A
Motion
yeah,
so
we
we
are
going
to
wait
on
that
for
a.
A
N
N
A
A
A
G
A
All
right,
we
are
gonna,
come
back
from
our
recess
and
I
think
we
want
to
go
back
to
the
emotion
that
was
made
by
senator
ratty
before
we
had
to
take
a
break
and
kind
of
clarify
a
few
things.
And
I
believe
that
mr
leiser
is
going
to
clarify
some
of
that
for
us,
and
then
we
can
go
back
and
make
a
another
motion.
F
F
F
F
A
Thank
you,
mr
lizer,
that
encapsulates
what
our
intent
was
perfectly,
so
any
any
questions
from
the
committee
on
that.
So
I
would
accept
a
motion.
B
Mr
chairman,
we
already
had
a
motion
and
second
on
the
table,
and
this
happened
under
discussion.
I
believe
mr
lizer
has
made
the
motion
absolutely
abundantly
crystal
clear
as
to
what
our
real
intent
was
with
the
addition
of
the
staff,
so
I
feel
comfortable
in
moving
forward
as
the
second.
A
Thank
you,
chair
carlton,
so
we
had
an
original
motion.
It
was
clarified
by
mr
lizer
original
motion
from
senator
raddy.
It
was
clarified
by
mr
leiser.
We
have
a
second
from
chair
carlton,
any
discussion
on
that
motion,
seeing
none
all
in
favor.
I
I
all
oppose
nay
that
motion
passes
unanimously
with
the
members
present
and
we
can
move
on
now
to,
I
believe,
developmental
services,
regional
centers,.
M
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
caseload
and
staffing
adjustments
to
reflect
updated
caseload
and
waiver
waitlist
projections
as
of
march
2021
for
the
supported
living
arrangements,
family
support,
respite
and
jobs
and
day
training
programs
at
the
sierra
regional
center
desert
regional
center
and
rural
regional
center,
which
result
in
additional
funding
of
75.6
million
over
the
2021
to
23
biennium,
including
37.4
million
in
general
fund
appropriations,
which
does
an
increase
of
4.7
million
in
total
funding,
including
1.6
million
general
fund
over
the
biennium.
Compared
to
the
executive
budget.
M
The
adjustments
include
18
additional
positions
with
associated
operating
costs,
including
14
additional
positions
to
align
staffing
with
projected
caseload
growth
at
the
desert,
regional
center
and
four
additional
human
resource
positions
that
are
not
directly
tied
to
caseload
growth.
The
recommendation
eliminates
the
projected
wait
lists
for
those
waiting
for
more
than
90
days
for
a
medicaid,
home
and
community
based
waiver
for
intellectual
disabilities
and
related
conditions
slot.
M
E
A
M
Yes,
that
is
on
on
page
six
in
the
the
packet.
B
B
Are
we
good
not
seeing
anybody's
hair
on
fire
this
time?
So,
mr
chair,
without
seeing
anyone
adding
in
any
discussion
points,
my
motion
would
be
to
not
recommend
the
budget
reduction
measure
in
the
fiscal
intermediary
program.
C
A
I
have
a
motion
from
chair
carlton,
a
second
from
senator
dennis.
Does
any
of
the
committee
have
any
discussion
or
questions
on
that
motion,
seeing
none
all
in
favor,
aye,
aye,
opposed,
nay,
and
that
motion
passes
unanimously
with
the
members
present
and
miss
ellsworth.
We
can
move
on
to
the
last
portion
of
this
budget.
M
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
for
the
developmental
services
regional
center's
budgets.
The
subcommittee
also
recommended
approval
of
base
revenue
adjustments
to
align
general
fund
appropriations
and
federal
title
19,
medicaid
revenue
with
the
federal
medical
assistance
percentage
or
fmap
rates
applicable
to
fiscal
year
2022
in
fiscal
year,
2023,
including
a
temporary
increase
in
the
f
map
rate
through
december
31st
2021,
which
results
in
net
increases
in
federal,
title
19,
medicaid,
revenue
of
8
million
over
the
2021-23
biennium,
with
corresponding
reductions
and
general
fund
appropriations.
M
Budget
3207,
although
not
discussed
at
the
subcommittee
closing,
if
enacted
by
legislature
by
the
legislature
and
approved
by
the
governor
senate
bill
217,
would
require
the
transfer
of
money
in
the
applied
behavior
analysis
budget
to
the
board
of
applied
behavior
analysis.
On
october
1st
2021,
therefore,
fiscal
staff
recommends
the
inclusion
of
language
in
the
authorizations
act
to
direct
the
transfer
contingent
upon
passage
of
the
legislation.
A
Do
we
have
any
questions
from
the
committee
on
this
decision?
B
So
with
that,
mr
chairman,
I
would
move
to
approve
language
in
the
2021
authorizations
act
to
direct
the
transfer
of
money
in
the
applied
behavior
analysis
budget
to
the
board
of
applied
behavior
analysis.
On
october,
1st
2021
contingent
upon
senate
bill
217
of
this
session,
passing
by
the
legislature
and
approved
by
the
governor.
A
A
All
right
any
questions
from
the
committee
on
this
subcommittee
report.
A
All
right,
I
do
not
see
any
so
we
will
go
back
and
I
will
take
accept
a
motion
to
close
the
subcommittee
closing
report
on
the
department
of
health
and
human
services,
aging
and
disability
services
division
with
the
decisions
and
modifications
that
were
made
as
we
walk
through
it.
G
A
Seeing
none
all
in
favor,
aye.
B
A
Opposed,
nay
and
the
motion
carries,
and
we
can
now
go
on
to
just
one
second.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
miss
ellsworth
for
all
your
hard
work
and
for
hanging
in
there
with
us
this
morning.
We
appreciate
it
doing
the
stuff
you're
welcome
on
a
moment's
notice
can
be
very
difficult,
but
thank
you
again.
A
A
A
A
N
N
The
joint
subcommittee
on
public
safety,
natural
resources
and
transportation
has
completed
its
review
of
the
budgets
for
the
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources
for
the
2021-23
biennium.
The
closing
recommendations
of
the
subcommittee
have
resulted
in
general
fund
reductions
of
731
793
in
fiscal
year.
Twenty
twenty
two
and
four
hundred
eighty
four
thousand
five
hundred
fifty
one
dollars
in
fiscal
year.
Twenty
twenty
three,
the
following
comments
describe
the
more
significant
recommendations
of
the
joint
subcommittee,
the
office
of
state
historic
preservation,
budget
4205.
N
The
subcommittee
recommended
approving
additional
general
funds
of
sixteen
thousand
four
hundred.
Thirty.
Three
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
twenty
two
and
federal
historic
preservation
fund
grant
funds
of
forty
three
thousand
six
hundred
twenty
seven
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
2022
and
fiscal
year,
2023,
with
corresponding
increases
to
the
historic
preservation
fund
grant
category
in
the
administration
budget.
N
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
increase
the
sale
price
of
state
parks
annual
passes
and
establish
a
surcharge
for
non-resident
visitors
to
increase
visitor
fee
revenue
to
achieve
general
fund
savings
of
two
million
dollars
over
the
2021-23
biennium.
As
a
budget
reduction
measure,
the
subcommittee
also
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
support
an
increase
in
ongoing
operating
and
routine
maintenance
costs,
with
noted
technical
adjustments
funded
with
additional
general
fund
appropriations
of
474
022
over
the
2021-23
biennium.
N
The
subcommittee
recommended
approving
replacing
general
funds
of
613
156
dollars
over
the
2123
biennium,
with
water
district
assessments
to
support
a
portion
of
the
personnel
costs
for
five
positions
in
this
budget.
As
a
temporary
general
fund
savings
measure,
the
subcommittee
recommended
not
approving
budget
amendment
a215014171,
which
recommended
general
funds
of
2.1
million
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
2022
for
repair
and
maintenance
costs
of
the
south
fork
dam
with
the
understanding
that
assembly
bill.
N
465
includes
2.1
million
dollars
for
construction
costs
for
repair
and
maintenance
of
the
southport
dam,
and
the
one-shot
appropriation
would
provide
flexibility
for
the
funding
to
be
used.
In
both
years
of
the
2021-23
biennium,
the
forestry
budget
4195,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
continue
four
positions,
including
three
foresters
and
one
management
analyst
that
were
approved
during
the
interim
to
support
hazardous
fuel
reduction.
Work.
N
Additionally
to
facilitate
the
use
of
the
funds.
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
language
in
the
2021
appropriations
act
to
require
the
transfer
of
funds
from
the
sb
508
allocation
to
the
forestry
budget,
to
support
the
costs
of
the
four
positions
upon
further
review
language
in
the
authorizations
act.
To
allow
for
the
balance
forward
of
368
290
of
the
sb
508
allocation
from
fiscal
year,
2021
to
the
2021-23
biennium
to
support
the
cost
of
the
positions
would
be
more
appropriate.
N
The
subcommittee
also
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
transfer
in
a
vacant
camp
area
supervisor
position
from
the
conservation
camps
budget
and
to
reclassify
the
position
to
an
education
and
information
officer
funded
with
additional
general
fund
appropriations
of
187
seventeen
dollars
over
the
twenty
twenty
one.
Twenty
three
biennium.
N
Finally,
although
not
discussed
at
the
subcommittee
closing,
the
governor's
finance
office
has
requested
authority
for
the
division
of
forestry
to
balance
forward
general
fund
appropriations
of
359
795
from
senate
bill
525
of
the
2019
legislature
for
the
replacement
of
service
vehicles
from
fiscal
year
2021
to
fiscal
year,
2022
for
expenditure
in
fiscal
year,
2022,
which
would
require
approval
of
language
in
the
2021
appropriations
act
to
extend
the
date
which
funds
must
be
reverted
to
the
general
fund
from
september
17,
2021
to
september
16.
2022..
B
And
mr
chairs,
if
my
subcommittee
chairs
are
comfortable
with
it,
I'm
comfortable
with
it
so
got
a
thumbs
up
from
them
so
with
they
were
in
the
thick
of
these.
So
I
appreciate
their
work.
So
with
that
I
would
move
to
approve
the
closing
report
on
the
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources.
Oops.
B
Okay,
there
you
go
all
right
got
it.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
apologize
committee
so
with
that
I
would
move
to
approve
language
in
the
2021
appropriations
act
to
enable
the
balance
forward
of
general
fund
appropriations
of
359
795
from
senate
bill,
525
of
the
2019
legislature
from
fiscal
year
2021
to
fiscal
year,
2022
for
the
replacement
of
service
vehicles.
A
Second,
I
have
a
motion
from
chair
dennis
in
a
second
from
excuse
me.
I
have
a
motion
from
chair
carlton
in
a
second
from
senator,
dennis
any
discussion
on
that
motion.
A
N
N
Additionally,
due
to
the
uncertainty
of
the
timing
of
the
reopening
of
the
camp,
the
subcommittee
recommended
a
letter
of
intent
be
issued
to
direct
the
agency
to
report
on
a
semi-annual
basis
to
the
interim
finance
committee
on
the
status
of
the
ely
conservation
camp
operations
in
the
wildland
fire
protection.
Mrs.
H
A
Miss
morris,
could
we
go
back
to
the
fire
suppression
budget
4196
before
we
we
get
on
to
the
wildland
fire
protection
programs?
Could
I
I
just
want
you
to
refresh
my
memory
on
that?
We
and
we
were
reducing
that
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
government's
governor's
recommendation
to
reduce
those
operating
supply
expenditures,
and
where
could
could
you
give
me
just
a
little
bit
more
detail
on
that
account
and
and
where
the
who,
how
how
we're
funding
that
account?
Is
it
just
general
funds.
M
A
Thank
you,
and
so
what
was
our
recommendation
to
just
just
cut
that
just
solely
for
the
purposes
of
budget
reduction,
general
fund
savings,
or
was
there
some
more
mechanics
to
that.
A
A
A
Thank
you.
I
just
I
was
recalling
conversations
and
I
wanted
to
see
if
we
could
clarify
a
few
things
and
I
think,
assuming
when
peters
might
be
able
to
help
jog
my
memory
and.
C
Thank
you
chair.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
to
reflect
on
the
subcommittee
hearing
where
I
believe
that
the
division
made
statements
that
they
felt
they
could
come
back
to
request
emergency
allocations
if
they.
C
K
C
The
they
felt
at
this
point
they
had.
J
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
thank
you
for
clarifying
that.
For
me,
I
just
there
was
some
lingering
something
lingering
on
this
particular
budget
item
and
I
couldn't
remember
what
it
was.
So
I
appreciate
that,
and
I
don't
have
any
other
questions
on
that,
so
we
can
get
back
to
wildland
fire
protection
program
if
nobody
else
has
any
other
questions
on
that.
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
all
right
miss
morris.
We
can
jump
right
into
wildland
fire
protection
program.
N
N
The
subcommittee
recommended
approving
general
fund
appropriations
of
200
000
in
fiscal
year
2022
for
contract
scientists
to
develop
a
method
to
understand
the
impacts
of
nevada's
ecosystems
on
carbon
flow.
In
the
state
and
provide
data
to
inform
the
state's
greenhouse
gas
emissions
report
to
support
the
ongoing
project
and
allow
the
agency
to
utilize
the
funds
in
both
years
of
the
2021-23
biennium,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
language
in
the
appropriations
act
to
allow
for
the
transfer
of
general
funds
from
fiscal
year
2022
to
fiscal
year.
N
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
add
a
new
administrative
assistant
position
to
serve
as
a
central
file
manager
for
the
bureau
of
corrective
actions
funded
with
budgetary
transfers
and
federal
funds.
Totaling
two
134:
ninety
five
dollars
over
the
2021-23
biennium.
N
The
subcommittee
also
recommended
approval
of
additional
federal
drinking
water
grant
funds
of
299
360
over
the
2021-23
biennium
to
support
the
provision
of
additional
technical
assistance
to
drinking
water
systems.
As
recommended
by
the
governor,
the
dep
industrial
site
cleanup
budget
3175,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
support
increased
contract
costs
for
regulatory
oversight
of
environmental
cleanup
efforts
at
the
black
mountain
industrial,
complex,
funded
with
additional
transfers
from
the
hazardous
waste
management
budget
of
one
million
dollars
over
the
2021-23
biennium.
B
So
with
that,
mr
chairman,
I'll,
do
it
again
at
the
appropriate
time?
I
would
move
that
the
that
we
accept
the
subcommittee
closing
reports
on
the
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources.
A
I
do
not
see
any
all
in
favor,
I
oppose
nay
and
motion
carries
with
unanimously
and
we
can
move
on
to
our
next
subcommittee
report.
Thank
you
very
much.
Miss
morris
appreciate
that,
and
now
we
have
up
next
wildlife
and
so
we'll
get
those
documents
distributed
and
give
us
just
a.
A
A
All
right,
mr
nichols,
please
walk
us
through
the
subcommittee
report
on
the
department
of
wildlife.
O
My
pleasure,
mr
chair,
good
morning
and
committee
members
as
well
for
the
record.
My
name
is
colby.
Nichols
program,
analyst,
lcb,
fiscal
analysis
division
here
today
to
present
the
joint
subcommittee
on
public
safety,
natural
resources
and
transportation's
closing
report
for
the
department
of
wildlife
joint
subcommittee
on
public
safety,
natural
resources
and
transportation
has
completed
its
review
of
the
department
of
wildlife
and
has
made
the
following
recommendations
for
the
department's
2123
biennial
budget.
O
The
subcommittee's
closing
recommendations
resulted
in
no
change
in
general
fund
appropriations
for
the
2021-23
biennium
and
the
following
comments
describe
the
more
significant
recommendations
of
the
subcommittee
for
the
director's
office.
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendations
for
deferred
maintenance
projects
at
departmental
offices,
fishery
and
wildlife
management
area
facilities,
funded
with
transfers
of
sportsman's
revenue
from
the
wildlife
fund,
totaling
1.1
million
in
fiscal
year
22
and
1
million
in
fiscal
year.
O
In
addition,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
transfer
of
a
vacant
administrative
assistant
position
from
the
data
and
technology
services
budget
to
this
budget
and
to
reclassify
the
position
to
a
maintenance
repair
worker,
as
recommended
by
the
governor,
the
department
indicates.
The
reclassified
position
would
improve
its
internal
capacity
for
day-to-day
maintenance
and
repair
of
departmental
facilities
in
the
southern
region
of
the
state.
As
both
position
classifications
have
identical
pay
grades,
there
will
be
no
increase
or
change
to
the
overall
personnel
costs
of
the
department
for
data
and
technology
services.
O
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
for
a
new
information
technology
professional
position.
The
position
would
reduce
the
ratio
of
information
technology
positions
to
departmental
staff,
as
well
as
increase
the
agency's
capacity
for
in-house
programming
and
development.
O
The
cost
for
this
position
would
be
partially
offset
by
the
elimination
of
a
vacant
administrative
aid
position
and
a
vacant
seasonal
administrative
assistant
position.
Accordingly,
this
recommendation
would
result
in
a
net
cost
reduction
of
thousand
seven
hundred
and
four
dollars
in
fiscal
year.
Twenty
two
and
a
net
cost
increase
of
six
thousand
nine
hundred
and
ten
dollars
in
fiscal
year.
Twenty
three,
with
corresponding
changes
in
the
amount
of
departmental
cost
allocation
revenues
that
are
paid
by
the
other
departmental
budgets
for
conservation
education.
O
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
for
two
new
conservation
educator
positions
to
serve
as
regional,
volunteer
coordinators
of
the
agency's
reno
and
las
vegas
offices
respectively.
In
addition
to
serving
as
volunteer
coordinators,
the
recommended
new
positions
would
also
increase
the
agency's
capacity
to
provide
education,
outreach
and
wildlife
human
conflict
resolution.
O
The
costs
associated
with
these
positions
would
be
partially
offset
by
the
elimination
of
two
seasonal
conservation
aid
positions.
Accordingly,
this
recommendation
would
result
in
additional
expenditures
of
fifteen
thousand
seven
hundred
and
eighty
three
dollars
in
fiscal
year.
Twenty
two
and
fifty
two
thousand
one
hundred
and
seventy
dollars
fiscal
year
23
and
would
be
funded
through
the
transfer
of
sportsman's
revenue
from
the
wildlife
fund
for
the
law
enforcement
budget.
O
This
recommendation
would
address
those
difficulties,
as
well
as
improve
boating
enforcement
coverage
of
lake
tahoe
by
providing
a
permanent
year-round
law
enforcement
presence
in
the
area.
Since
the
cost
associated
with
the
new
permanent
game.
Warden
positions
will
be
offset
by
the
elimination
of
the
two
vacant
seasonal
positions.
This
recommendation
would
result
in
cost
reductions
of
fifty
nine
thousand
forty
seven
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
twenty
two
and
thirty,
two
thousand
seven
hundred
and
thirty
two
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
twenty
three.
O
In
addition,
the
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
provide
the
agency's
law
enforcement
staff
with
body
worn
cameras.
This
recommendation
would
add
contract
costs
of
thirty
five
thousand
five
hundred
two
dollars
in
each
year
of
the
2123
biennium
and
will
be
funded
through
the
transfers
of
sportsman's
revenue
from
the
wildlife
fund.
O
According
to
the
department,
this
recommendation
would
increase
officer
and
public
safety,
as
well
as
meet
a
public
expectation
for
law
enforcement
staff
to
be
equipped
with
body,
worn
cameras
for
the
game
management
budget.
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
for
one
new
pilot
position
and
associated
costs
to
provide
additional
support
for
the
agency's
air
operations
and
to
reduce
the
amount
of
compensatory
time
paid
to
existing
pilots
by
reducing
the
average
annual
amount
of
flight
hours
accrued
by
each
agency.
O
O
for
the
fisheries
management
budget.
The
subcommittee
recommended
approval
of
the
governor's
recommendation
to
replace
two
contracted
positions
at
the
lake
mead
fish
hatchery
with
two
full-time
wildlife
area.
Technician
positions,
the
net
additional
costs
associated
with
this
recommendation
will
total
10
598
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
22
and
46
949
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
23,
which
would
be
funded
through
a
combination
of
federal
sports,
fish,
restoration
grants
and
the
transfer
of
aquatic
invasive
species.
Fee
revenues
transferred
from
the
wildlife
funds.
O
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
nichols.
Do
we
have
any
questions
from
the
committee
on
this
report?
I
do
not
see
any
so.
I
would
accept
a
motion
to
close
this
subcommittee
report.
B
Mr
speaker,
would
you
like
to
do
this?
No
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
so
with
that,
mr
chairman,
I
would
move
to
accept
the
closing
report
on
the
department
of
wildlife
and
god,
please
let
it
be
saturday
soon.
A
We
have
speaker
fryerson
has
some
comments
on
that
motion.
L
A
I
would
like
to
decline
that
mo
that
offer.
A
A
A
E
E
The
joint
subcommittee
on
public
safety,
natural
resources
and
transportation
completed
its
review
of
the
office
of
the
military
budgets
for
the
2021-23
biennium.
The
closing
recommendations
of
the
subcommittee
resulted
in
general
fund
increases
totaling,
three
thousand
five
hundred
eight
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
twenty-two
and
four
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
in
fiscal
year
23..
The
subcommittee
recommended
the
following:
closing
actions
for
the
office
of
the
military
budget.
E
The
subcommittee
further
provided
authority
for
fiscal
staff
to
include
language
in
the
appropriations
act
to
allow
the
office
of
the
military
to
balance
forward
unexpected
unexpended
general
fund
appropriations
between
fiscal
years
of
the
2021-23
biennium
with
interim
finance
committee
approval,
since
the
office
has
not
utilized
the
nevada
national
guard.
U
challenge
program
account
which
is
established
in
nrs
388
d
325.
E
The
subcommittee
recommended
the
money
committee's
issue,
a
letter
of
intent
requiring
the
office
to
research,
the
possible
use
of
the
nevada
national
guard
youth
challenge
program
account
beginning
in
the
2023-25
biennial.
The
recommended
letter
of
intent
would
also
require
the
office
to
research.
The
ongoing
state
match
the
state
match
funding
that
will
be
needed
in
the
2023-25
biennium
once
the
challenge
school
is
established
and
enrollment
and
k-12
funding
history
is
available
and
provide
a
report
with
its
findings
to
the
interim
finance
committee.
E
The
star-based
programs
will
be
established
in
clark
and
washoe
counties
and
allow
fifth
grade
students
to
interact
with
military
personnel
to
explore
careers
and
observe
real-world
science,
technology
engineering
and
math,
commonly
known
as
stem
applications
in
nevada
national
guard
basis.
The
budget
amendment
recommends
various
start
dates
for
the
new
unclassified
positions
based
on
the
anticipated
september.
2022
start
date
for
the
federal
star
based
program
after
the
subcommittee
closed
office
of
the
military
budget.
On
april
29th,
the
office
was
notified
by
the
federal
national
guard
bureau.
E
This
revision
to
start
to
the
start
dates
would
require
increased
federal
funding
of
273
464
over
the
2021-23
bye
m.
So
do
do
the
committees
wish
to
provide
fiscal
staff
with
authority
to
revise
the
start,
dates
for
the
eight
new
unclassified
positions
for
the
star-based
program,
which
would
require
an
increase
in
federal
funds
of
two
hundred.
Seventy
three
thousand
four
hundred
sixty
four
dollars
over
the
two
thousand
twenty
one:
twenty
three
billion.
A
Thank
you,
miss
magoba.
Do
we
have
any
questions
on
that
decision
for
the
committee.
B
E
For
the
record
jamie
mangova,
it
is
fiscal
staff's
understanding
that
this
is
a
a
department,
federal
department
of
defense
program
that
would
provide
approximately
25
hours
of.
E
I
staff
is
unsure
if
it's
part
of
the
global
stem
programs-
and
I
staff
would
also
note
that
the
office
of
the
military
is
currently
working
with
the
washington
county
school
district
and
the
clark
county
school
district
to
implement
this
program.
B
I
hope
that
answered
your
question.
Yes,
it
does
so
this
will
actually
take
place
on
the
net
in
the
national
guard
facilities.
So
we're
going
to
be
taking
these
craters
to
the
national
guard
facilities.
E
A
B
Hey
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
in
respecting
the
work
that
the
subcommittee
did.
I
I
don't
want
to
second-guess
them,
so
I
would
move
to
provide
fiscal
staff
with
authority
to
revise
the
start
dates
for
the
eight
new
unclassified
positions
for
the
starbase
program,
which
would
require
an
increase
in
federal
funds
of
four
hundred
sixty
four
dollars
over
the
2123
biennium.
A
E
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Finally,
the
subcommittee
recommended
closing
the
following
office
of
the
military
budgets,
as
recommended
by
the
governor
with
minor
or
technical
adjustments.
The
emergency
operations
center
budget
budget
account
3655
state
active
duty,
budget
budget
account
3658,
adjutant
general
special
armory
account
budget
account,
3652
national
guard
benefits,
budget
account
3653
and
lastly,
the
patriot
relief
fund
budget
account
3654.
E
B
And
so
with
that,
mr
chairman,
for
our
last
one
for
today,
I
would
move
that
the
committee
accept
the
closing
report
on
the
office
of
the
military.
A
Okay,
I
have
a
motion
from
chair
carlton
in
a
second
from
senator,
dennis
any
discussion
on
that
motion
all
right,
seeing
none
that
motion,
oh
all,
in
favor,
aye,
all
opposed,
nay,
all
right.
That
motion
passes,
and
that
is
our
last
subcommittee
report.
Thank
you,
ms
magoba.
I
appreciate
that
and
that
brings
us
to
our
last
agenda
item,
which
is
public
comment,
and
I
see
that
we
have.
A
C
C
C
C
C
An
authorization
to
refill
entry
positions
would
be
similar
to
the
authorization
for
state
agencies
that
your
committees
approved
on
april
1
for
positions
to
be
reestablished
as
of
october
1..
That
is
also
using
temporary
federal
funds
to
keep
programs
intact
during
this
crisis
period,
making
a
commitment
for
the
future.
C
C
C
C
P
K-12
public
education
has
been
woefully
underfunded
for
decades.
Ranking
48
among
the
states
in
per-pupil
funding
nevada
also
has
the
largest
student-to-teacher
ratio
in
the
country.
156
million
cut
to
class
size
reduction
over
the
next
biennium
would
mean
a
loss
of
about
a
thousand
teachers
across
the
state,
meaning
even
more
students
packed
into
nevada
classrooms.
P
Common
sense
tells
us,
when
research
confirms
it
that
the
number
of
students
in
the
class
makes
a
real
difference
for
students
and
teachers
alike,
while
rapid
growth
fueled
the
problem
of
previous
decades.
The
lack
of
sufficient
funding
for
school
districts
is
the
main
reason
nevada
ranks
dead.
Last
in
the
country
we
know
smaller
class
size
says
real
benefits
for
students.
Small
class
size
can
help
close
the
racial
achievement
gap
lead
to
earlier
identification
of
learning
disabilities,
improve
high
school
graduation
rates
and
improve
student
behavior
and
allow
for
more
engagement
and
lessons
for
educators.
P
The
nsa
is
also
very
concerned
about
the
proposed
33
million
dollar
cut
over
the
biennium
to
early
literacy,
supports
a
presentation
from
data
insight
partners
to
the
education
committees
earlier
this
session
showed
that
for
the
first
time
ever
nevada,
fourth
graders
are
performing
at
the
same
level
of
their
national
peers,
and
only
three
states
made
more
progress
than
nevada
and
fourth
grade
reading
achievement.
Over
the
last
decade,
its
growth
was
tied
to
strategic
investment
made
by
nevada
through
both
the
reap
by
grade
3
program,
along
with
investments
in
zoom
and
victory
schools.
Thank
you
very.
P
M
C
Hi
good
morning,
this
is
dora
martinez,
sorry,
for
the
background
noise.
I
message
I'm
going
to
make
it
really
quick.
It's
only
10
on
my
phone,
I
represent
nevada
disability
coalition
and
I
want
to
do
all
what
barry
gold
have
said
and
also
I
want
to
thank
all
the
members
of
the
committee
and
chair
carlton.
C
C
Q
Doug
unger
d-o-u-g,
u-n-g-e-r,
unlv
chapter
president
and
southern
nevada
government
affairs,
nevada
faculty
alliance.
Please
know
that
the
nevada
faculty
understand
that
the
legislature
has
never
faced
such
an
unusual
whiplash
of
budgetary
decisions
as
during
this
session.
We
also
understand
that
you're
facing
an
ever
shifting
state
revenue
picture
and
that
strategies
are
not
fully
in
place
to
spend
the
2.7
billion
from
the
american
recovery
plan.
Q
To
give
you
a
personal
example,
I
have
a
colleague
who
died
of
covid
19
this
past
summer.
In
my
own
department.
We
have
not
yet
been
able
to
replace
her
position
and
we
have
a
hole
in
our
curriculum
because
of
that
we
ask
you
to
authorize
positions
contingent
on
the
availability
of
federal
funds
to
give
us
some
reinforcements
in
what
we're
doing
so
that
we
can
fulfill
our
missions.
Q
We
also
ask
you
to
consider
restoring
the
unlv
and
unr
schools
of
medicine
budgets,
because
cutting
those
budgets
during
a
pandemic
makes
no
sense
whatsoever
and
because
that
is
a
real
compromise
to
the
future,
because
they
they
are
the
one
hope
for
solving
the
provider
shortage
that
contributes
so
much
to
the
health
care
shortfalls
in
our
state.
Please
do
everything
you
can
in
these
remaining
days
and
going
forward
to
restore
some
of
that
12
budget
cut
for
higher
education,
please
think
of
the
faculty
members.
We
are
in
the
trenches
doing
the
work
every
day.
C
C
P
Good
morning,
my
name
is
brian
frost
f-r-o-s-t,
I'm
a
faculty
member
at
the
university
of
nevada,
reno
and
past
chair
of
the
faculty
senate.
I'm
calling
in
today
to
encourage
you
to
prioritize
restoring
higher
education
funding
and
reconsider
the
enormous
cups
being
levied
on
higher
education
in
our
state.
I
greatly
appreciate
the
comments
this
morning
from
senators
kika
for
ganser
in
tolls
asking
to
rescore
restore
cuts
to
higher
education,
and
she
continues
to
be
the
hardest
hit
of
the
state
budget
when
our
state
runs
into
our
regular
budget
crises.
P
As
discussed,
a
large
portion
of
our
budget
reductions
have
been
covered
by
eliminating
positions
and
leaving
positions
vacant.
The
impact
of
leaving
these
positions
open
long
term
is
significant
and
is
going
to
hurt
our
institutions
and,
most
importantly,
our
students,
I'm
about
to
enter
my
20th
year
as
a
faculty
member
at
the
university
of
nevada
reno.
P
P
We
have
very
high
quality
and
incredibly
affordable
institutions
that
educate
our
population
and
put
our
state
in
position
to
bring
in
high
quality
well-paying
jobs.
This
is
a
win-win
for
everyone
across
our
state.
We
can
help
you
the
solution
to
broadening
our
economy.
With
your
help,
we
have
seen
a
large
number
of
budget
restorations
this
morning
and
over
the
past
couple
of
days,
we
have
significant
dollars
of
additional
revenue
in
our
state,
as
well
as
an
enormous
amount
of
federal
funding
coming
in
approximately
one-third
of
our
entire
two-year
budget.
P
A
Thank
you
so
with
that
this
meeting
is
adjourned.