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_ 85 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 74. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 K.1. As a part of the Department's biennial report on employee compensation, recruitment and retention pursuant to § 2.2-1202, Code of Virginia, the Director of the Department of Human Resource Management, with support from the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), shall include an evaluation of total compensation, including retirement benefits for law enforcement officers employed by the Commonwealth and covered under the VaLORS retirement system. The analysis shall consider (i) current levels of compensation and benefits, specifically access to hazardous duty plans relative to Virginia State Police and local police officers; (ii) recruitment and retention issues faced by these Departments caused by any differences in compensation and benefits identified in (i); and (iii) recommendations and the associated fiscal impact to change compensation and benefits. 2. Additionally, the Department and the VRS shall complete an analysis to determine whether the elimination of the traditional Virginia Retirement System defined benefit pension has affected the Commonwealth's ability to retain and recruit government employees and include their findings in the biennial report. 3. The Department shall separately solicit input from the Department of Education and the VRS on their assessments on whether the elimination of the traditional Virginia Retirement System defined benefit pension has affected the Commonwealth's ability to retain and recruit teachers. The Department shall submit this as a separate report at the same time as the biennial report referenced in paragraph K.1. Total for Department of Human Resource Management $122,374,053 $122,423,194 $122,720,610 General Fund Positions 55.35 55.35 55.85 Nongeneral Fund Positions 61.65 61.65 62.15 Position Level 117.00 117.00 118.00 Fund Sources: General $8,049,112 $8,098,253 $8,171,961 Special $1,643,220 $1,643,220 $1,793,220 Enterprise $5,221,908 $5,221,908 Internal Service $15,293,578 $15,293,578 $15,367,286 Trust and Agency $92,166,235 $92,166,235 Administration of Health Insurance (149) 75. Personnel Management Services (70400) $2,481,071,067 $2,556,071,067 Health Benefits Services (70406) $1,858,195,823 $1,933,195,823 Local Health Benefit Services (70407) $587,455,244 $587,455,244 Health Insurance Benefit Payment Under the Line of Duty Act (70408) $35,420,000 $35,420,000 Fund Sources: Enterprise $587,455,244 $587,455,244 Internal Service $1,858,195,823 $1,933,195,823 Trust and Agency $35,420,000 $35,420,000 Authority: § 2.2-2818, § 2.2-1204, and Title 9.1, Chapter 4, Code of Virginia. A. The appropriation for Health Benefits Services is sum sufficient and amounts shown are estimates from an internal service fund which shall be paid from revenues paid by state agencies to the Department of Human Resource Management. B. The amounts for Local Health Benefits Services include estimated revenues received from localities for the local choice health benefits program. C.1. In the event that the total of all eligible claims exceeds the balance in the state employee medical reimbursement account, there is hereby appropriated a sum sufficient