Legislature(2017 - 2018)Anch LIO Conf Rm
07/25/2017 09:30 AM Senate LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| Approval of Agenda | |
| Approval of Minutes | |
| Revised Program Legislative (rpls) | |
| Executive Session | |
| Preliminary Audit Reports | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Anchorage, Alaska
July 25, 2017
9:46 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Gary Stevens, Chair
Senator Cathy Giessel (via teleconference)
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Natasha von Imhof (alternate)
Representative Andy Josephson, Vice Chair
Representative Scott Kawasaki (via teleconference)
Representative Paul Seaton
Representative Ivy Spohnholz
Representative Jennifer Johnston (via teleconference)
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Anna MacKinnon
Senator Click Bishop
Representative Dan Ortiz (alternate)
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
REVISED PROGRAM LEGISLATIVE (RPLs)
EXECUTIVE SESSION
PRELIMINARY AUDIT REPORTS
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
SHAWNDA O'BRIEN, Assistant Commissioner
Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS)
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified during the discussion of RPL 06-
7-0716.
AMANDA RYDER, Fiscal Analyst
Division of Legislative Finance
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified during the discussion of RPL 06-
7-0716.
ACTION NARRATIVE
9:46:19 AM
CHAIR GARY STEVENS called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 9:46 a.m. Representatives Kawasaki
(via teleconference), Seaton, Spohnholz, Johnston (via
teleconference), and Josephson and Senators Giessel (via
teleconference), Hoffman, von Imhof (alternate), and Stevens
were present at the call to order.
^APPROVAL OF AGENDA
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
9:47:46 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve the agenda. There being no objection,
the agenda was approved.
^APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
9:47:59 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve the minutes of the May 8, 2017, meeting
as presented.
REPRESENTATIVE SPOHNHOLZ noted that at the time stamp of 4:44:06
PM, the minutes reflect incorrectly that she returned after an
at-ease as the meeting was in progress, while in fact she was
there from the start of that call back to order. She suggested
that she may have been on mute [when the roll was called].
CHAIR STEVENS announced that there being no objection, the
minutes as prepared, with that one correction, were approved.
^REVISED PROGRAM LEGISLATIVE (RPLs)
REVISED PROGRAM LEGISLATIVE (RPLs)
9:48:55 AM
CHAIR STEVENS announced that the first order of business would
be RPL 06-7-0716, Department of Health and Social Services,
Office of Children's Services, Front Line Social Workers.
9:49:07 AM
The committee took a brief at-ease at 9:49 a.m.
9:50:54 AM
SHAWNDA O'BRIEN, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Health
and Social Services (DHSS), advised that the Office of
Children's Services in DHSS, through its efforts to amend its
cost allocation plan in both this and the last fiscal years, has
been successful in increasing its administrative claiming for
its frontline social workers component. She reported that in
getting approval through its cognizant agency in May 2017, the
department was able to do the analysis necessary to address the
additional federal claiming potential for the department. She
explained that because of the timing of the approval, the
department was not able to conduct the analysis earlier. She
said the department is now presenting its request for additional
federal authority for fiscal year 2017 (FY 17), for the amount
of $6.5 million in federal receipt authority. Further, the
department anticipates that the potential claiming will increase
in FY 18. Currently, the department estimates only an
additional $8 million in federal authority.
MS. O'BRIEN said the RPL packet shows projected costs and more
detail explaining the process, what is attributed to updating
the cost allocation plan, and where the department sees itself
"landing." She drew attention to page 2 of the packet, which
shows that the receipt authority is budgeted based on what the
department knew at the time it did the RPL request and where it
projects its estimated expenditures going forward. She said the
department is still working to get through its year-end closeout
process; therefore, it anticipates there will be some
adjustments needed for expenditures that end FY 17.
9:53:30 AM
AMANDA RYDER, Fiscal Analyst, Division of Legislative Finance,
Alaska State Legislature, emphasized that [DHSS] is receiving
$8.1 million in additional federal receipts, and only $6.5
million is requested, because there is excess federal
authorization in other allocations. She added, "This is a
supplemental for [FY] 17, and we can expect something for FY 18
in the future - in next session."
9:54:17 AM
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON asked, "Since this is coming in so late,
is there any lapsing authority here for [FY] 17 or is this all
taken care of?"
9:54:35 AM
MS. O'BRIEN answered that the division is not anticipating that
there will be any lapsing general funds (GFs) for FY 17 because
of the increased costs it has experienced in the realm of
expenditures for special needs, specifically. She said the
division is hoping that in FY 18 there may be the potential for
a lapsing GF. She explained the ultimate intent of the
department in doing the amendment was to be able to offset GF
expenditures with the federal authority increase, and it fully
anticipates that that will eventually happen.
9:55:27 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve RPL 06-7-0716 Department of Health and
Social Services, Office of Children's Services, Front Line
Social Workers, $6,500,000 Federal Receipts, Fund Code 1002, as
a supplemental FY 17 operating budget item.
9:55:50 AM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Kawasaki, Seaton,
Spohnholz, Johnston, and Josephson and Senators Giessel,
Hoffman, and Stevens voted in favor of the approval of RPL 06-7-
0716. Therefore, the motion passed by a vote of 8-0.
^EXECUTIVE SESSION
EXECUTIVE SESSION
9:57:31 AM
CHAIR STEVENS announced that the next order of business would be
an executive session.
9:57:40 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit go into Executive Session under Uniform Rule 22 for the
purpose of discussing confidential audit reports under AS
24.20.301. He asked that the following individuals remain in
the room or online: Kris Curtis, Brian Blackwell, Mark Lundahl,
Dawn Borjesson, and Linda Day, and he invited any legislators
not on the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee and any
legislative staff working for committee members to remain.
9:57:43 AM
CHAIR STEVENS advised that hearing no objection, it was so
ordered.
9:58:30 AM
The committee took an at-ease from 9:58 a.m. to 11:56 a.m. for
the purpose of an executive session.
11:55:51 AM
CHAIR STEVENS brought the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee
back to order at 11:56 a.m. and announced that no action was
taken during the executive session. Representatives Kawasaki
(via teleconference), Seaton, Johnston (via teleconference), and
Josephson and Senators Giessel (via teleconference), Hoffman,
and Stevens were present at the call back to order.
^PRELIMINARY AUDIT REPORTS
PRELIMINARY AUDIT REPORTS
11:57:11 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON made a motion that the Legislative
Budget and Audit Committee release the following preliminary
audits to the appropriate agencies for response: Real Estate
Commission Sunset Audit, Board of Marital and Family Therapy
Sunset Audit, Board of Professional Counselors Sunset Audit, and
FY 16 Single Audit.
11:57:36 AM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Kawasaki, Seaton,
Johnston, and Josephson, and Senators Giessel, Hoffman, and
Stevens voted in favor of releasing the above audits to the
appropriate agencies for response. Therefore, the motion passed
by a vote of 7-0.
CHAIR STEVENS noted that the committee would meet, possibly in
September, to release the FY 16 single audit. He advised that
the three oil and gas consultants have completed their models as
required in their contracts. He indicated a meeting would be
scheduled in the near future for the consultants to explain and
offer a comparison of the three models.
11:58:56 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
11:59 a.m.
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