Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
The enacted budget makes the following changes to the Executive Budget (analysis as of March 30, 2006):
· Adds $7 million in the Mental Hygiene Patient Income Account (Special Revenue-Other) and deducts the same amount as an offset.
· Rejects the proposal to expand OMRDD oversight authority to all residential programs at the School for the Blind.
The Senate made the following changes to the Executive Budget (analysis as of March 15, 2006):
· Reduced the nonpersonal service appropriation in the Institutional Services program by $4 million.
The 30 day amendments to the Executive Budget recommend the following changes (analysis as of February 8, 2006):
· Increases by $50,000 the appropriation for the Federal Senior Companions program within the Central Coordination and Support program, for a total appropriation of $280,000. According to the Division of the Budget this increase is necessary to “enable the agency to access the full amount of funding available for this program.”
The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January 25, 2006):
· An increase of 248 FTEs over the adjusted SFY 2005-06 FTE level. The adjusted level includes an increase of 239 FTEs in SFY 2005-06. The proposed increases include: 76 FTEs in the Community Services program (in addition to 178 FTEs in 2005-06); 167 FTEs in the Institutional Services program (in addition to 61 FTEs in SFY 2005-06); and 5 FTEs in the Research in Mental Retardation program. Projected year end FTE levels range from 22,085 (DOB projection) to 23,287 (authorized fills). We expect the actual year end fill level to be the lower number.
· An All Funds State Operations increase of $98.2 million (7.2%) to $1.45 billion.
· 5 new research positions in IBR for the study of autism ($200,000 according to the Assembly analysis), as well as plans for two six person community homes serving people with autism in conjunction with IBR, to open next year ($3.2 million is provided for autism research and treatment as well as expanded Family Support Services, annualized to $5 million).
· 22 new community beds for individuals with severe behavioral issues (allowing transition from institutional settings).
· 15 new Multiply Disabled Unit openings for dually diagnosed OMH patients.
· $38.4 million in capital spending, including rehabilitation of Bernard Fineson Developmental Center.
· Savings of $24.7 million in State Operations and Local Assistance efficiencies including overtime management ($2 million, according to the Assembly Ways and Means budget analysis) and Medicaid claims reviews. Despite overtime management efforts OMRDD will still appropriate over $1.3 million more for Holiday/Overtime pay in SFY2006-07, equally spilt between the Community Services and Institutional Services programs.
· An increase of $16.78 million in the non-personal service appropriation in the Community Services program, $8.2 million of which is for contractual services. This may indicate an increase in contracting out and should be clarified at Statewide Labor Management.
· OMRDD is going to collaborate with the newly created Office of State Medicaid Inspector General in investigating Medicaid fraud. $250,000 of OMRDD SFY2005-06 appropriations were transferred to the Office of State Medicaid Inspector General. According to Senate budget analysis, 5 FTEs will be transferred from OMRDD to OMIG.
· Article VII language directs OMRDD to provide oversight services to all residential programs in the School for the Blind in Batavia.
· Article VII language provides for the transfer of existing audit & investigative employees from various State agencies (DOH, OMRDD, OMH, and OASAS) to OMIG. Additionally it states that the employees and Officers will be transferred without further examination or qualification, and will retain their respective civil service classification and status. The Article VII bill creating OMIG does not provide the normal civil service “transfer of function” provisions that govern the transfer of employees from other agencies to OMIG. This issue should also be addressed at statewide labor-management.
· Aid to Localities increases include:
o A three year COLA for human services voluntary providers (2.5% in 2006-07, $2.5 million).
o 5,900 new day and residential opportunities in the community through NYS-CARES and NYS-OPTS.
Program Details-State Operations
Enacted
Proposed
Enacted
Change in
Percent
Program
2005-06 Budget
2006-07 Budget
2006-07 Budget
Appropriation
Change
All Funds
$1,356,024,000
$1,454,246,000
$1,454,246,000
$98,222,000
7.2%
General Fund
$502,621,000
$537,123,000
$530,123,000
$27,502,000
5.5%
Special Revenue-Federal
$230,000
$280,000
$280,000
$50,000
21.7%
Special Revenue-Other
$850,649,000
$914,319,000
$921,319,000
$70,670,000
8.3%
Enterprise
$2,374,000
$2,374,000
$2,374,000
$0
0.0%
Internal Service Fund
$150,000
$150,000
$150,000
$0
0.0%
Central Coordination
$67,882,000
$72,294,000
$72,294,000
$4,412,000
6.5%
Personal Service
$48,732,000
$50,100,000
$50,100,000
$1,368,000
2.8%
Nonpersonal Service
$18,770,000
$21,764,000
$21,764,000
$2,994,000
16.0%
Special Revenue-Fed. (SRF)
$230,000
$280,000
$280,000
$50,000
21.7%
Internal Service Fund (ISF)
$150,000
$150,000
$150,000
$0
0.0%
Federal Senior Companions Program - (SRF)
$230,000
$280,000
$280,000
$50,000
21.7%
OMRDD Copy Center Acct - (ISF)
$150,000
$150,000
$150,000
$0
0.0%
Community Services
$820,589,000
$876,486,000
$876,486,000
$55,897,000
6.8%
Personal Service
$702,401,000
$740,978,000
$740,978,000
$38,577,000
5.5%
Nonpersonal Service
$109,884,000
$126,664,000
$126,664,000
$16,780,000
15.3%
Maintenance Undist.
$8,304,000
$8,844,000
$8,844,000
$540,000
6.5%
Institutional Services
$451,196,000
$488,544,000
$488,544,000
$37,348,000
8.3%
Personal Service
$263,114,000
$284,157,000
$284,157,000
$21,043,000
8.0%
Nonpersonal Service
$70,462,000
$78,223,000
$78,223,000
$7,761,000
11.0%
Maintenance Undist.
$114,742,000
$123,286,000
$123,286,000
$8,544,000
7.4%
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)
$504,000
$504,000
$504,000
$0
0.0%
Enterprise (Ent)
$2,374,000
$2,374,000
$2,374,000
$0
0.0%
Gifts and Donations - (SRO)
$500,000
$500,000
$500,000
$0
0.0%
OMRDD Nonexpendable Trust Acct - (SRO)
$4,000
$4,000
$4,000
$0
0.0%
Sheltered Workshop Fund - (Ent)
$1,400,000
$1,400,000
$1,400,000
$0
0.0%
MR Community Stores Fund Acct - (Ent)
$974,000
$974,000
$974,000
$0
0.0%
Maintenance Undistributed
$0
$0
$0
$0
Offset
($850,095,000)
($913,765,000)
($920,765,000)
($70,670,000)
8.3%
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)
$850,095,000
$913,765,000
$920,765,000
$70,670,000
8.3%
Mental Hygiene Patient Income Acct - (SRO)
$850,095,000
$913,765,000
$920,765,000
$70,670,000
8.3%
Research in MR
$16,357,000