OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
Adjusted Executive Legislative
Approp. Request Approp.
1999-00 2000-01 2000-01 Change
STATE OPERATIONS
General Fund 504,924,000 529,283,000 536,537,000 7,254,000
Special Rev.-Fed. 913,000 929,000 929,000 0
Special Rev.-Other 531,046,000 516,239,000 516,239,000 0
Fiduciary 570,000 570,000 570,000 0
Enterprise 7,213,000 7,813,000 7,813,000 0
Internal Service Fund 1,967,000 1,967,000 1,967,000 0
Total for STATE OPERATIONS:
1,046,633,000 1,056,801,000 1,064,055,000 7,254,000
AID TO LOCALITIES
Community Projects Fund 2,155,000 0 0 0
General Fund 636,188,500 689,334,000 705,033,000 15,699,000
Special Rev.-Fed. 22,925,000 27,126,000 27,126,000 0
Special Rev.-Other 0 43,075,000 43,075,000 0
Total for Agency: 661,268,500 759,535,000 775,234,000 15,699,000
Total Grants In Aid: 0 0 1,977,650 1,977,650
Total for AID TO LOCALITIES:
661,268,500 759,535,000 777,211,650 17,676,650
CAPITAL PROJECTS
Capital Projects Fund 164,432,000 134,120,000 134,120,000 0
Total Grants In Aid: 0 0 250,000 250,000
Total for CAPITAL PROJECTS:
164,432,000 134,120,000 134,370,000 250,000
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
The Legislature provides $1,975,636,650 on an All Funds basis, a net
increase in appropriation authority of $25,180,650. This reflects a
decrease of $1,196,000 offset by increases totaling $26,376,650 to the
Executive budget submission. Of the $25,180,650 million, $8,000,000
is made available through Executive cash management practices.
As a result of legislative action, there is a stronger mental health
service delivery system in several essential areas. It is the intent
of the Legislature that all persons released from hospitals, local
jails and State prisons who are in need of psychotropic drugs and/or
mental health treatment be identified. Furthermore, they are to have
their needs met efficiently and expeditiously through the Assisted
Outpatient Treatment County Medication Grants Program as their Medical
Assistance applications are being processed.
The Legislature believes the success of the system in addressing the
needs of consumers and families struggling with mental illness depends
upon the availability of clinical and support services at times and
in places where they are needed. The services critical to the
successful treatment of serious mental illness must be readily
available if the additional housing opportunities and case managers
being funded in this budget are to be truly effective.
The Legislature notes the Executive`s assurance that seriously
emotionally disturbed children in foster care, including kinship
foster care, are eligible for mental health services under the Home
and Community Based Services Waiver.
Legislative Reductions
The Legislature reduces the Adult Services Program State Operations
appropriation by $1,196,000 to reflect an expected lag in staffing
increases.
Legislative Changes
The Legislature takes specific actions to strengthen the mental health
service delivery system for adults and children, including:
-- Adding $7,600,000 to complete full restoration of funding for
215 county shared staffing positions eliminated by the Executive
in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 1999-2000. The Legislature restored
66 positions in SFY 1999-2000, with the remaining 149 positions
being restored in the SFY 2000-01 budget;
-- Providing $8,274,000 for a one and one-half percent inflation
adjustment to non-residential, not-for-profit providers of
mental health services in local communities;
-- Approving $2,850,000 in additional funding for community based
children`s mental health services, including: home-based crisis
intervention, crisis residences, day treatment, clinic
outpatient services, on-site school mental health services and
partial hospitalization;
-- Providing $2,500,000 for a supplemental payment to be added to
the fees of certain Article 31, free-standing mental health
clinics. The majority of the clinics are known as Non-
Comprehensive Outpatient Services ("Non-COPS") clinics and do
not receive the fee supplement that the COPS clinics receive.
A few COPS clinics will have the very low supplemental payments
they currently receive augmented;
-- Adding $1,300,000 to expand rehabilitation and peer support
services, including: peer operated outreach services, drop in
centers, crisis respite, peer bridger services and
rehabilitation oriented clubhouses;
-- Approving $850,000 for twelve new research scientist positions
to expand the capacity of the two State operated mental health
research facilities. Eight positions are at the Nathan Kline
Institute and four positions are at the New York Psychiatric
Institute. In addition, the Executive`s commitment to support
twenty-seven research scientist positions, currently funded
through the OMH Research Recovery Account, is strengthened.
Article VII
-- The Legislature approves legislation that will continue
authorization for federal Disproportionate Share payments to
certain Article 28 hospitals providing mental health services to
uninsured and low income patients.
-- The Legislature approves legislation that will increase the
Department of Mental Hygiene bond cap by $650,000,000 to a total
of $5,050,000,000.
-- The Legislature approves legislation that will authorize the use
of Capital Projects funds, including bond proceeds, for personal
service and non-personal service costs associated with
construction projects carried out by State employees.
-- The Legislature approves legislation that will permit capital
funds appropriated to the Office of Mental Health (OMH) to be
paid to the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY)
as reimbursement for funds disbursed for capital projects.
-- In order to carry out its oversight responsibilities, the
Legislature approves legislation requiring monthly reports on
capital projects funded with bond proceeds when those projects
are funded pursuant to appropriations or reappropriations made
to OMH in the annual budget and transferred to DASNY pursuant to
law. Such reports will be made to the Chairs of the Assembly
Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, the
State Comptroller, the Director of the Budget and the
Commissioner of OMH. Such reports will be made by the tenth of
each month and include information on appropriations, monthly
cash disbursements and expenditures, life-to date disbursements
and expenditures, and amounts encumbered yet undisbursed.
-- The Legislature denies legislation that would transfer authority
for appointing and removing staff of State institutions from the
director of the respective facility to the Commissioner of
Mental Health, thereby allowing staff transfers without the
consent of the employee or the facility director.
-- The Legislature denies legislation that would create regional
groupings of State psychiatric centers for the purposes of
assigning staff.
-- The Legislature denies legislation that would permit bond
proceeds to be used for demolition and environmental remediation
projects.
Legislative Additions
The Legislature provides funding for the following:
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT- NON RESIDENTIAL COMMNUITY PROVIDERS.
$8,274,000
COUNTY SHARED STAFFING. $7,600,000
CHILDREN`S SERVICES ENHANCEMENTS. $2,850,000
ARTICLE 31 (NON COPS) PARITY ADJUSTMENT. $2,500,000
ADULT REHABILITATION & PEER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
$1,300,000
NATHAN KLINE INSTITUTE - RESEARCH POSITIONS. $575,000
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES NORTH, INC. (BHSN). $500,000
NYS COMPULSIVE GAMBLING TREATMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.
$400,000
HOSPITAL AUDIENCES, INC.. $350,000
BI-LINGUAL MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS. $300,000
SOUTHERN TIER MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM GRANTS. $300,000
NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE-RESEARCH POSITIONS.$275,000
NATHAN KLINE INSTITUTE-CELLULAR NEUROPHYSIOLOGY SYSTEM.
$250,000
HOUSING GRANT-PSCH IN QUEENS. $250,000
WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES. $125,000
MINORITY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRAINING INSTITUTE.$80,000
FRESH START. $75,000
GAMBLING RECOVERY PROGRAM/JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF BUFFALO.
$50,000
N. SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CTR.-INTENSIVE SUPERVISION
PROGRAM. $50,000
SARA`S CENTER. $50,000
LITTLE ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH CORPORATION. $50,000
SISTERS OF CHARITY GAMBLERS TREATMENT CENTER. $50,000
RIVERDALE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION. $25,000