Change Cash Funds to Subject to Annual Appropriation

Joint Budget Committee. The bill provides that the following funds are no longer continuously appropriated for use by the following executive branch agencies, and instead are available to be expended by those departments subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly:

• The child welfare cash fund for use by the department of human services;
• The community impact cash fund for use by the department of public health and environment;
• The accelerated appeal cash fund for use by the board of assessment appeals within the department of local affairs;
• The mobile home park act dispute resolution and enforcement program fund for use by the division of housing in the department of local affairs;
• The public safety communications revolving fund for use by the office of public safety communications in the division of homeland security and emergency management in the department of public safety; and
• The state agency sustainability revolving fund for use by the department of personnel.

For the 2025-26 state fiscal year, the bill appropriates $284,167 from the child welfare cash fund to the department of human services for use by the division of child welfare for child welfare licensing.

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)