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OFFICE OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

                                                                               
                           Adjusted     Executive   Legislative                
                            Approp.       Request       Approp.                
                            1999-00       2000-01       2000-01        Change  
                                                                               
STATE OPERATIONS                                                               
  General Fund          137,641,500   131,455,000   131,455,000             0  
  Special Rev.-Fed.         217,000        80,000        80,000             0  
  Special Rev.-Other    882,504,000   911,411,000   911,411,000             0  
  Fiduciary                 540,000       555,000       555,000             0  
  Enterprise              1,950,000     1,950,000     1,950,000             0  
  Total for Agency:   1,022,852,500 1,045,451,000 1,045,451,000             0  
  Total Grants In Aid:            0             0       200,000       200,000  
                                                                               
  Total for STATE OPERATIONS:                                                  
                      1,022,852,500 1,045,451,000 1,045,651,000       200,000  
                                                                               
AID TO LOCALITIES                                                              
  Community Projects Fund 2,984,560             0             0             0  
  General Fund          601,948,000   620,466,000   622,196,000                
                                                                    1,730,000  
  Special Rev.-Other    377,885,000   445,988,000   445,988,000             0  
  Fiduciary               2,000,000     2,000,000     2,000,000             0  
  Total for Agency:     984,817,560 1,068,454,000 1,070,184,000     1,730,000  
  Total Grants In Aid:            0             0     3,729,684     3,729,684  
  Total for AID TO LOCALITIES:                                                 
                        984,817,560 1,068,454,000 1,073,913,684     5,459,684  
                                                                               
CAPITAL PROJECTS                                                               
  Capital Projects Fund  66,381,000    63,117,000    63,117,000             0  
  Total for CAPITAL PROJECTS:                                                  
                         66,381,000    63,117,000    63,117,0000            0  
                                                                               
                         LEGISLATIVE ACTION                                    
                                                                               
The Legislature provides $2,182,681,684 on an All Funds basis, an              
increase of $5,659,684 to the Executive budget submission, and                 
approves full funding for the second year of the New York State CARES          
program.                                                                       
                                                                               
Legislative Changes                                                            
                                                                               
The Legislature provides $3,892,000 in additional support for                  
community based, not-for-profit providers of services to the mentally          
retarded and developmentally disabled and their families.                      
                                                                               
Article VII                                                                    
                                                                               
--   The Legislature approves legislation that would authorize                 
     addition of the Valley Ridge Center for Intensive Treatment, to           
     receive admissions from across the State.                                 
                                                                               
--   The Legislature approves legislation that would increase the              
     Department of Mental Hygiene (DMH) bond cap by $650,000,000 to            
     a total of $5,050,000,000.                                                
                                                                               
--   The Legislature approves legislation that would 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 denies legislation that would permit bond                 
     proceeds to be used for demolition and environmental remediation          
     projects.                                                                 
                                                                               
--   The Legislature approves legislation that would permit capital            
     funds appropriated to the Office of Mental Retardation and                
     Developmental Disabilities 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 that would require monthly               
     reports on capital projects funded with bond proceeds, when               
     those projects are funded pursuant to appropriations or                   
     reappropriations made to OMRDD in the annual budget and                   
     transferred to DASNY pursuant to law.  Such reports would 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 OMRDD. Such                
     reports would be made by the tenth of each month and would                
     include, by appropriation, monthly cash disbursements and                 
     expenditures, life-to-date disbursements and expenditures, and            
     amounts encumbered yet undisbursed.                                       
                                                                               
Legislative Additions                                                          
                                                                               
     The Legislature provides funding for the following:                       
                                                                               
       GRANTS-IN-AID.                                  $1,000,000              
       WESTCHESTER INSTITUTE.                            $500,000              
       LOCAL RESPITE.                                    $455,000              
       OHEL CHILDREN`S HOME.                             $425,000              
       EPILEPSY COALITION OF NEW YORK STATE.             $275,000              
       UCP OF THE NORTH COUNTRY.                         $250,000              
       INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH-AUTISM STUDY.        $200,000              
       CENTER FOR THE DISABLED.                          $200,000              
       DISABLED CHILDREN`S RELIEF FUND.                  $100,000              
       HASC.                                              $85,000              
       SARATOGA ARC.                                      $75,000              
       HERITAGE CHRISTIAN HOME.                           $75,000              
       NATIONAL JEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE DISABLED.          $70,000              
       CHAPLAIN SERVICES/SUNMOUNT DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER.   $67,000              
       FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BROWNSVILLE, INC..         $50,000              
       UCP OF NASSAU COUNTY.                              $50,000              
       NEURO/BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT PROGRAM.                $50,000              
       SELF-ADVOCACY ASSOCIATION.                         $32,000              
       CENTER FOR THE DISABLED.                           $25,000              
                                                                               

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