​Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) response letter to CalHR's addenda and summary regarding the CAHP rates agreement, SEIU rates agreement, SEIU's transfer of employees from the Ocean Protection Council, State Coastal Conservancy to Natural Resources Agency agreement, and SEIU's California Health Care Facility (CHCF) Stockton activation agreement, submitted to the JLBC, 8/30/2013

September 6, 2013

Dear Ms. Chapman:

On September 3, 2013, the Department of Human Resources (CalHR) submitted three addenda to the state's memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with bargaining units represented by Service Employees International Union Local 1000 (Local 1000) and one addenda with the bargaining unit represented by the California Association of Highway Patrolmen (CAHP). The Joint Legislative Budget Committee has certain responsibilities under law to determine whether proposed MOU addenda require approval by the Legislature.

Addenda Provisions. The proposed addendum with the CAHP bargaining unit and one of the proposed Local 1000 addenda adjust previously agreed-upon meal and incidental expense reimbursement rates to make them consistent with federal tax law. These addenda, however, do not increase the daily maximum reimbursement rate for actual meal and incidental expenses above $46: the amount in prior MOUs and addenda submitted to the Legislature. The other two addenda with Local I 000 bargaining units concern telework by specified employees of the Ocean Protection Council and various procedures related to activation of the California Health Care Facility in Stockton.

No Fiscal Effect Anticipated. The provisions of the three addenda with Local 1OOO bargaining units and the addenda with the bargaining unit represented by CAHP do not appear to result in additional expenditures of funds above those already anticipated by the Legislature in passing the state's 2013-14 budget plan. Accordingly, the administration may implement these four addenda immediately without additional legislative action.

Sincerely,

cc: Members of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee

      Ana J. Matasantos, Director of Finance