SOLOMON FLOOR AMENDMENT #3
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2208
(Reference to APPROP amendment)
Page 6, between lines 21 and 22, insert:
“Sec. 3. Section 46-342.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
46-342.01. Contract provisions; performance based incentives; cost savings
A. In establishing performance based incentives pursuant to section 46-342, subsection C, the Arizona works agency procurement board may include:
1. An incentive from administrative savings achieved beyond the ten per cent savings in administrative costs required by section 46-342, subsection D, paragraph 8.
2. An incentive of not more than twenty-five per cent of the caseload reduction savings, if any, realized by the Arizona works agency, as determined by the joint legislative budget committee pursuant to subsection B of this section.
B. From and
after December 31, 2001, the auditor general shall conduct an annual audit of
the Arizona works program. The auditor
general shall provide annual audit reports to the president of the senate, the
speaker of the house of representatives, the governor and the joint legislative
budget committee on or before December 31 and shall provide a copy of this
report to the secretary of state and the director of the Arizona state library,
ARCHIVES and public records.
B. C. On or before February 15 of each year, the joint legislative budget committee shall determine the cash benefit dollar amount savings attributable to caseload reduction, if any, achieved for the previous calendar year by Arizona works.
C. D. The Arizona works agency procurement board may award incentives from savings achieved pursuant to subsection A of this section to the Arizona works agency for satisfactory performance in meeting criteria as determined by the board, including:
1. Placement of participants in paid employment.
2. Participants' salaries and benefits in paid employment.
3. The number of participants in paid employment ninety days after placement.
4. Work participation rates.
5. Caseload reduction savings.
D. E. The Arizona works agency may use any savings in administrative expenses above the ten per cent required by law or reduction of caseload, including any incentives derived from these savings, as awarded by the procurement board pursuant to section 46-342, subsection C and this section, to enhance services provided to persons eligible for the Arizona works program and to pay contractor incentives in accordance with the terms of the contract.
Sec. 4. Section 46-345, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
46-345. Evaluation; independent entity
A. At the end of the fourth year of the pilot program, an independent evaluator selected within twelve months after the effective date of this amendment to this section by August 21, 1999 by the Arizona works agency procurement board shall conduct and complete a performance review of the pilot program that includes the following data:
1. Has Whether the outside vendor has met the requirements of the contract.
2. Has Whether the outside vendor has met the goals of the Arizona works program.
3. Has Whether the outside vendor has met the requirements of the performance bond.
4. The fiscal impact of Arizona works implementation.
5. Client survey data designed, issued and collected by the evaluator measuring client satisfaction with the program.
6. The impact of Arizona works on the placement of recipients in paid employment, caseload reduction, development of community partnerships, placement of individuals who were previously exempt under the job opportunities and basic skills program before August, 1996, placement of individuals with higher than average lengths of stay on the program, and compliance with federal work participation rates.
7. A comparison of the Arizona works program with the department of economic security empower redesign program with regard to the data listed in subsection A, paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 and similar data gathered by the department of economic security, the auditor general and the joint legislative budget committee, including information required in Laws 1997, chapter 300, section 76 for any annual report relating to welfare reform implementation.
B. The report shall be submitted to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the joint legislative budget committee, the Arizona works agency procurement board and the governor by January 1, 2003.”
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