Governor Deval Patrick's Budget Recommendation - House 1 Fiscal Year 2008

Governor's Budget Recommendation FY2008

Executive Office for Administration and Finance


Account Description FY07
GAA
FY08
House 1
1750-0105 Chargeback for Workers' Compensation
For the cost of the commonwealth's workers' compensation program; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall charge state agencies for workers' compensation costs, including related administrative expenses, incurred on behalf of the employees of those agencies; provided further, that the personnel administrator shall administer those charges on behalf of the secretary and may establish regulations deemed necessary to implement this item; provided further, that the personnel administrator shall notify agencies regarding the chargeback methodology to be used in fiscal year 2008 and the amount of their estimated workers' compensation charges and shall require agencies to encumber sufficient funds to meet the estimated charges, including any additional amounts deemed necessary under the regulations; provided further, that for any agency that fails within 60 days of the enactment of this act to encumber funds sufficient to meet the estimated charges, the comptroller shall encumber funds on behalf of that agency; provided further, that the personnel administrator shall determine the amount of the actual workers' compensation costs incurred by each agency in the preceding month, including related administrative expenses, notify each agency of those amounts, charge those amounts to each agency's accounts as estimates of the costs to be incurred in the current month, and transfer those amounts to this item; provided further, that any unspent balance in this item as of June 30, 2008 in an amount not to exceed 5 per cent of the amount authorized is re-authorized for expenditure in fiscal year 2009; and provided further, that prior year costs for hospital, physician, benefit, and other costs may be funded from this item
                Intragovernmental Service Fund ............... 100%
56,401,335 56,401,355

 
 
HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)
SPENDING CATEGORY FY04
Expended
FY05
Expended
FY06
Expended
FY07
Projected
Spending
FY08
House 1
Wages & Salaries 2,336 2,746 2,304 2,448 2,508
Pensions & Benefits 47,069 47,081 44,118 51,831 50,959
Operating Expenses 1,370 2,021 3,230 2,994 2,934
TOTAL 50,775 51,848 49,653 57,274 56,401

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

 

Pie Chart: Wages & Salaries=4%, Pensions & Benefits=91%, Operating Expenses=5%



 
HISTORICAL EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
Account Description
June
2004

June
2005

June
2006

Jan.
2007

Projected
FY08
1750-0105 Chargeback for Workers' Compensation 36 36 39 40 40

* Figures represent full-time equivalents (FTEs) that paid from budgeted funds and are considered standard workforce.

* FY08 FTE figures are approximate and do not represent maximum allowable hires.