Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services
The enacted budget makes no changes to the Executive Budget (analysis as of April 3, 2007).
The Senate recommends (analysis as of March 16, 2007):
Reduces appropriations by $1 million to reflect proposed inflationary increases.
Provides $500,000 for a new pilot project for prevention and treatment services for adolescents. This may be a State Operations appropriation.
The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of February 2, 2007):
A FY 2007-08 workforce of 983, unchanged from adjusted FTE level for FY 2006-07. The following chart identifies adjustments in the current fiscal year’s FTEs along with the recommended differences in FY 2007-08 FTEs by program (if the FTE’s are the same the program is not listed):
Program
FY 2006-07 Adjustment
FY 2007-08 Difference
Community Treatment
+20
0
The total appropriation for Personal Service is $60,976,000, a 4.4% increase from SFY 2006-07.
An All Funds increase of $7.9 million, (9.7%) from SFY 2006-07.
Expansion of intensive care coordination initiatives with OMH, DOH and other stakeholders to improve patient care and outcomes particularly for dually diagnosed individuals. There is no specified appropriation amount for this purpose, nor can it be identified in the spreadsheet.
There is a new Office of Health Insurance Programs (OHIP) in the Department of Health. OHIP will oversee rate setting policies within the Department and also at OASAS, OMH and OMRDD to ensure that Medicaid pays for the right care in the right setting and at the right price.
The significant increase in the non-personal series appropriation for the Executive Direction program is almost completely for equipment. The purpose of this appropriation should be clarified in Labor/Management it is possible that the equipment contract may also cover information technology consultants.
There is a significant (24.7%) increase in the non-personal services appropriation in the Institutional Services Program, reflecting an increase of $2.4 million in contractual services. The purpose of this appropriation should be clarified in Labor/Management.
The Executive Budget shows that OASAS employed an estimated 26 employees under consultant contracts in SFY 2006-07 at an estimated cost of $3,352,000 or an average cost of $128,923 per consultant contract employee. It is estimated that the number of employees employed under consultant contracts will stay the same in SFY 2007-08. Consultant contract employees will be paid $3,437,000 million in SFY 2007-08 or an average cost of $132,192 per consultant contract employee, a 2% increase. The purpose and use of these contract employees and whether they can be replaced by state employees should be clarified at statewide labor management.
Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services Program Details-State Operations Enacted Proposed Enacted Change in Percent Program 2006-07 Budget 2007-08 Budget 2007-08 Budget Appropriation Change All Funds $81,912,000 $89,820,000 $89,820,000 $7,908,000 9.7% General Fund $52,721,000 $60,543,000 $60,543,000 $7,822,000 14.8% Special Revenue-Federal $6,359,000 $6,445,000 $6,445,000 $86,000 1.4% Special Revenue-Other $22,832,000 $22,832,000 $22,832,000 $0 0.0% $0 Personal Services $58,421,000 $60,976,000 $60,976,000 $2,555,000 4.4% 0 Exec Direction Prog. $37,900,000 $78,051,000 $78,051,000 $40,151,000 105.9% Personal Service $22,363,000 $23,909,000 $23,909,000 $1,546,000 6.9% Regular $23,721,000 $23,721,000 Temporary service $119,000 $119,000 Holiday/overtime compensation $69,000 $69,000 Nonpersonal Service $9,046,000 $11,828,000 $11,828,000 $2,782,000 30.8% Supplies and materials $665,000 $665,000 Travel $865,000 $865,000 Contractual Services $8,050,000 $8,050,000 Equipment $2,248,000 $2,248,000 Offset ($7,900,000) ($7,900,000) ($7,900,000) $0 0.0% Special Revenue-Federal (SRF) $5,159,000 $5,245,000 $5,245,000 $86,000 1.7% Special Revenue-Other (SRO) $9,232,000 $9,232,000 $9,232,000 $0 0.0% Federal Department of Education Fund - (SRF) $202,000 $147,000 $147,000 ($55,000) -27.2% Fed Block Grant - (SRF) $4,614,000 $4,555,000 $4,555,000 ($59,000) -1.3% Personal Service $3,351,000 $3,578,000 $3,578,000 $227,000 6.8% Nonpersonal Service $1,263,000 $977,000 $977,000 ($286,000) -22.6% Statewide Data Collection Acct - (SRF) $343,000 $543,000 $543,000 $200,000 58.3% Credentialing Svces - (SRO) $962,000 $962,000 $962,000 $0 0.0% Personal Service $500,000 $500,000 Regular $495,000 $495,000 Temporary Service $5,000 $5,000 Nonpersonal Service $462,000 $462,000 Supplies and materials $8,000 $8,000 Travel $41,000 $41,000 Contractual Services $156,000 $156,000 Fringe benefits $239,000 $239,000 Indirect costs $18,000 $18,000 Fed Salary Sharing - (SRO) $7,900,000 $7,900,000 $7,900,000 $0 0.0% Methadone Registry - (SRO) $300,000 $300,000 $300,000