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_ 76 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 67. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 operation of local and regional jails. O. Effective July 1, 2007, the Compensation Board is authorized to withhold reimbursements due the locality for sheriff and jail expenses upon notification from the Superintendent of State Police that there is reason to believe that crime data reported by a locality to the Department of State Police in accordance with § 52-28, Code of Virginia, is missing, incomplete or incorrect. Upon subsequent notification by the Superintendent that the data is accurate, the Compensation Board shall make reimbursement of withheld funding due the locality when such corrections are made within the same fiscal year that funds have been withheld. P. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 51.1-1403 A, Code of Virginia, the Compensation Board is hereby authorized to deduct, from reimbursements made each year to localities out of the amounts in Items 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66 of this act, an amount equal to each locality's retiree health premium paid by the Compensation Board on behalf of the constitutional offices, directors of finance, and regional jails. Q.1. Compensation Board payments of, or reimbursements for, the employer paid contribution to the Virginia Retirement System, or any system offering like benefits, shall not exceed the Commonwealth's proportionate share of the following, whichever is less: (a) the actual retirement rate for the local constitutional officer's office or regional correctional facility as set by the Board of the Virginia Retirement System or (b) the employer rate established for the general classified workforce of the Commonwealth covered under and payable to the Virginia Retirement System. 2. The rate specified in paragraph Q.1. shall exclude the cost of any early retirement program implemented by the Commonwealth. 3. Any employer paid contribution costs for rates exceeding those specified in paragraph Q.1. shall be borne by the employer. 4. The benefits rate reimbursed by the Compensation Board to localities and regional jails shall not exceed the rate identified for fiscal year 2011 in Chapter 890, Item 469, paragraph I.1. R. Localities shall not utilize Compensation Board funding to supplant local funds provided for the salaries of constitutional officers and their employees under the provisions of Chapter 822, 2012 Acts of Assembly, who were affected members in service on June 30, 2012. S. Effective July 1, 2016, the Compensation Board is authorized to withhold reimbursements due to the locality for sheriff's law enforcement expenses if the sheriff fails to certify to the Board that the sheriff's office is compliant with the sex offender registration requirements of § 9.1-903, Code of Virginia. Upon subsequent certification by the sheriff that the sheriff's office is compliant with the sex offender registration requirements of § 9.1-903, Code of Virginia, the Compensation Board shall make reimbursement of withheld funding due to the locality when such subsequent certification is made within the same fiscal year that funds have been withheld. T. Consistent with the provisions of Chapter 198 of the 2017 Session of the General Assembly, the Executive Secretary of the State Compensation Board shall implement the recommendations relating to the State Compensation Board made by the Department of Medical Assistance Services in its November 30, 2017 report on streamlining the Medicaid application and enrollment process for incarcerated individuals. U. Out of the amounts appropriated in Items 60, 64, and 65 of this Act, a total of $9,400,000 the first year from the general fund shall be deposited into a newly created special Constitutional Officer Reserve Fund (The Fund). The Fund is to be held in reserve for the reimbursement of budgeted amounts for salaries and expenses in constitutional offices, should such expenses incurred for reimbursement exceed the amounts appropriated in Items 60, 64, and 65 of this Act. Amounts in The Fund shall be transferred among Items 60, 64, and 65 of this Act as determined by the Compensation Board to meet reimbursement requirements. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 15.2-1636.8, Code of Virginia, the Compensation Board may establish fiscal year budgets for constitutional offices in accordance with the amounts appropriated in their designated Items in this Act, along with funds appropriated and available