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HOUSE BILL NO. 651<br /> – Approp, H&W, Mental Health Services

HOUSE BILL NO. 651

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H0651.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE - MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- Appropriates $14,898,500 to the Department of Health and Welfare for the
Children's Mental Health Program for fiscal year 2009; limits the
authorized full-time equivalent positions for the Children's Mental Health
Program to 91.55; appropriates $22,475,800 to the Department of Health and
Welfare for Community Mental Health Services for fiscal year 2009; limits
the authorized full-time equivalent positions for Community Mental Health
Services to 243.44; appropriates $3,140,000 to the Department of Health and
Welfare for mental health grants in the Community Health Grant Program for
fiscal year 2009; authorizes the State Controller to make transfers to the
Cooperative Welfare Fund; provides for transfers of funds from the Drug
Court, Mental Health Court and Family Court Services Fund; provides intent
regarding the Children's Mental Health Program; directs that funds for
trustee and benefit payments shall not be transferred; provides intent
regarding contract treatment services for children and a report; and
provides legislative intent regarding mental health grants in Region 4 and
Region 7.

03/14    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/17    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/18    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19    3rd rdg - PASSED - 69-0-1
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
      Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Bowers, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon,
      Chavez, Chew, Clark, Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart,
      Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador,
      Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin,
      Mortimer, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence,
      Raybould, Ringo, Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer,
      Shepherd(02), Shepherd(08), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24),
      Snodgrass, Stevenson, Thayn, Thomas, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27),
      Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Trail
    Floor Sponsor - Henbest
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/19    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Fin
03/20    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/24    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/25    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
      Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon(Gannon),
      Geddes, Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
      Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai(Sagness), McGee, McKague,
      McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett,
      Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Keough
    Title apvd - to House
03/26    To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/27    Pres signed
03/28    To Governor
04/01    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 355
         Effective: 07/01/08

Bill Text




                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 651

                                BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
  3        SERVICES IN THE CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM  FOR  FISCAL  YEAR  2009;
  4        LIMITING  THE  NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS FOR THE CHILDREN'S
  5        MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM; APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH
  6        AND WELFARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SER-
  7        VICES  PROGRAM  FOR  FISCAL  YEAR  2009;  LIMITING THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME
  8        EQUIVALENT POSITIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY  MENTAL  HEALTH  SERVICES  PROGRAM;
  9        APPROPRIATING  MONEYS  TO  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR MENTAL
 10        HEALTH GRANTS IN THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR
 11        2009; PROVIDING THAT THE STATE CONTROLLER SHALL MAKE  TRANSFERS  FROM  THE
 12        GENERAL  FUND;  PROVIDING  THAT  THE STATE CONTROLLER SHALL MAKE TRANSFERS
 13        FROM THE DRUG COURT, MENTAL HEALTH COURT AND FAMILY COURT  SERVICES  FUND;
 14        DIRECTING  AN INTERAGENCY PAYMENT FOR A JUVENILE DETENTION CLINICIANS CON-
 15        TRACT; LIMITING THE TRANSFER OF TRUSTEE AND BENEFIT  PAYMENTS;  EXPRESSING
 16        LEGISLATIVE  INTENT  WITH REGARD TO CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH DAY TREATMENT
 17        SERVICES; DIRECTING A REPORT RELATING  TO  CHILDREN'S  MENTAL  HEALTH  DAY
 18        TREATMENT  SERVICES; AND DIRECTING THE USE OF CERTAIN MONEYS IN THE COMMU-
 19        NITY MENTAL HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM.

 20    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 21        SECTION 1.  There is hereby appropriated to the Department of  Health  and
 22    Welfare for mental health services in the Children's Mental Health Program the
 23    following  amounts  to be expended according to the designated expense classes
 24    from the listed funds for the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009:
 25                                                         FOR
 26                             FOR          FOR        TRUSTEE AND
 27                          PERSONNEL    OPERATING       BENEFIT
 28                            COSTS     EXPENDITURES     PAYMENTS      TOTAL
 29    FROM:
 30    General Fund         $2,767,100    $  759,300    $5,258,100    $ 8,784,500
 31    Cooperative Welfare
 32     Fund
 33     (Federal)            3,302,900     1,465,900     1,180,700      5,949,500
 34    Cooperative Welfare
 35     Fund
 36     (Dedicated)                                        164,500        164,500
 37      TOTAL              $6,070,000    $2,225,200    $6,603,300    $14,898,500

 38        SECTION 2.  FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS.  In  accordance  with  Section
 39    67-3519,  Idaho  Code,  the  Department of Health and Welfare is authorized no
 40    more than ninety-one and fifty-five hundredths  (91.55)  full-time  equivalent
 41    positions  for the Children's Mental Health  Program during the period July 1,
 42    2008, through June 30,  2009.  Transfers  of  full-time  equivalent  positions
 43    between  appropriated  programs within the department are authorized and shall

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  1    be reported in the budget prepared for the next  fiscal  year.  Any  full-time
  2    equivalent positions in excess of the department's total cap may be authorized
  3    only by the Governor and promptly reported to the Joint Finance-Appropriations
  4    Committee.

  5        SECTION  3.  There  is hereby appropriated to the Department of Health and
  6    Welfare for mental health services in the  Community  Mental  Health  Services
  7    Program  the  following  amounts  to  be  expended according to the designated
  8    expense classes from the listed funds for the period  July  1,  2008,  through
  9    June 30, 2009:
 10                                                         FOR
 11                     FOR         FOR         FOR     TRUSTEE AND
 12                  PERSONNEL   OPERATING    CAPITAL     BENEFIT
 13                    COSTS    EXPENDITURES  OUTLAY     PAYMENTS      TOTAL
 14    FROM:
 15    General Fund $12,366,400  $2,580,300  $142,600  $1,231,600   $16,320,900
 16    Cooperative
 17     Welfare Fund
 18     (Federal)     2,852,700   1,188,600    53,400     404,400     4,499,100
 19    Drug Court, Mental Health
 20     Court & Family
 21     Court Services
 22     Fund            168,700      98,000                             266,700
 23    Cooperative
 24     Welfare Fund
 25     (Dedicated)     739,100                           650,000     1,389,100
 26      TOTAL      $16,126,900  $3,866,900  $196,000  $2,286,000   $22,475,800

 27        SECTION  4.  FULL-TIME  EQUIVALENT  POSITIONS.  In accordance with Section
 28    67-3519, Idaho Code, the Department of Health and  Welfare  is  authorized  no
 29    more than two hundred forty-three and forty-four hundredths (243.44) full-time
 30    equivalent  positions  for the Community Mental Health Services Program during
 31    the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. Transfers of full-time equiva-
 32    lent positions between appropriated programs within the department are author-
 33    ized and shall be reported in the budget prepared for the  next  fiscal  year.
 34    Any full-time equivalent positions in excess of the department's total cap may
 35    be authorized only by the Governor and promptly reported to the Joint Finance-
 36    Appropriations Committee.

 37        SECTION  5.  There  is hereby appropriated to the Department of Health and
 38    Welfare for mental health grants in the Community Mental Health Grant  Program
 39    the  following amount to be expended according to the designated expense class
 40    from the listed fund for the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009:
 41    FOR:
 42    Trustee and Benefit Payments                                        $3,140,000
 43    FROM:
 44    General Fund                                                        $3,140,000

 45        SECTION 6.  GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS. As appropriated, the State  Controller
 46    shall  make  transfers  from the General Fund to the Cooperative Welfare Fund,
 47    periodically, as requested by the director of the  Department  of  Health  and
 48    Welfare and approved by the Board of Examiners.

 49        SECTION 7.  DRUG COURT, MENTAL HEALTH COURT AND FAMILY COURT SERVICES FUND
 50    TRANSFERS. As appropriated, the State Controller shall make transfers from the

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  1    Drug Court, Mental Health Court and Family Court Services Fund to the Coopera-
  2    tive  Welfare  Fund, periodically, as requested by the director of the Depart-
  3    ment of Health and Welfare and approved by the Board of Examiners.

  4        SECTION 8.  INTERAGENCY PAYMENT FOR  JUVENILE  DETENTION  CLINICIANS  CON-
  5    TRACT. The Children's Mental Health Program shall make, no later than July 10,
  6    2008,  an  interagency  payment  of $329,000 from the Cooperative Welfare Fund
  7    (General) to the Department of Juvenile Corrections to  be  utilized  for  the
  8    purchase  of contract clinician services with juvenile detention facilities in
  9    Idaho, for the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009.

 10        SECTION 9.  LIMITING THE TRANSFER OF TRUSTEE AND  BENEFIT  PAYMENTS.  Not-
 11    withstanding  the provisions of Section 67-3511(1), Idaho Code, appropriations
 12    made in Sections 1, 3 and 5 of this  act  for  trustee  and  benefit  payments
 13    expenditure  object  code shall not be transferred to any other objects within
 14    the program budget during fiscal year 2009.

 15        SECTION 10.  CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH CONTRACT TREATMENT SERVICES.  It  is
 16    hereby  declared  to  be  the  intent  of the Idaho Legislature that, of those
 17    moneys appropriated in Section 1 of this act, $2,104,700 from the  Cooperative
 18    Welfare  Fund  (General)  be used to provide children's mental health contract
 19    treatment services for the period July 1, 2008, through  June  30,  2009.  The
 20    amount so specified is not meant to be a limit, but rather a minimum amount to
 21    be  provided  for  such services. Contract treatment services may include, but
 22    are not limited to, family support and preservation services, intensive outpa-
 23    tient and outpatient treatments, day treatment  services  outside  the  public
 24    school system, and contract wrap-around case management services.

 25        SECTION  11.  DIRECTING  A REPORT RELATIVE TO CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH DAY
 26    TREATMENT SERVICES. The Department of Health and Welfare is hereby directed to
 27    report to the Joint Finance-Appropriations  Committee,  during  its  scheduled
 28    2009  budget  hearing, on children's mental health day treatment services. The
 29    report, at a minimum, should include the annual amount of funds paid to public
 30    schools for day treatment services by school district; the number of  children
 31    that  were treated by school district; and outcome data as required under con-
 32    tract. Furthermore, it is the intent of the Idaho Legislature that  the  level
 33    of expenditures provided for school-based day treatment services remain at the
 34    same  level as that provided in fiscal year 2007, for the period July 1, 2008,
 35    through June 30, 2009.

 36        SECTION 12.  DIRECTING THE USE OF CERTAIN MONEYS IN THE  COMMUNITY  MENTAL
 37    HEALTH  GRANT PROGRAM. Of the amount appropriated in Section 5 of this act for
 38    the Community Mental Health Grant Program,  $900,000  is  hereby  directed  to
 39    establish  dual  diagnosis  crisis  intervention beds in Region 4 that will be
 40    contractually operated by Ada County, and $1,240,000  to  continue  a  correc-
 41    tional alternative pilot project that is currently underway in Region 7.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


Statement of Purpose
RS17245C1

This is the fiscal year 2009 appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for Mental Health Services. Mental Health Services includes three budgeted programs: 1) Children’s Mental Health, 2) Community Mental Health for adults, and 3) Community Mental Health Grants.

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Fiscal Note
FTP  Gen  Ded  Fed  Total 


FY 2008 Original Appropriation 349.12  27,771,300  1,312,600  11,618,900  40,702,800 


Mental Health Services          
 1. Jeff D Attorney Fees & Settlement 0.00  320,300  320,300 
 2. Transfer to SHS/Medicare Audit 0.00  (590,000)  (590,000) 
 3. Expenditure Shift Request 0.00 
 8. Receipts Authority 0.00  458,600  458,600 
 9. Department Personnel Costs Transfer 0.00 


FY 2008 Total Appropriation 349.12  27,501,600  1,771,200  11,618,900  40,891,700 
Non-Cognizable Funds and Transfers 0.87  74,500  236,700  311,200 


FY 2008 Estimated Expenditures 349.99  27,576,100  1,771,200  11,855,600  41,202,900 
Removal of One-Time Expenditures 0.00  (1,978,000)  (364,900)  (2,342,900) 
Base Adjustments 0.00  (879,000)  (879,000) 


FY 2009 Base 349.99  25,598,100  1,771,200  10,611,700  37,981,000 
Benefit Costs 0.00  500,200  17,000  118,800  636,000 
Inflationary Adjustments 0.00  10,000  7,800  17,800 
Replacement Items 0.00  76,200  53,400  129,600 
Statewide Cost Allocation 0.00  10,200  8,400  18,600 
Change in Employee Compensation 0.00  484,800  32,100  111,600  628,500 
Nondiscretionary Adjustments 0.00  3,500  (3,500) 


FY 2009 Program Maintenance 349.99  26,683,000  1,820,300  10,908,200  39,411,500 



Line Items          
Mental Health Services          
 1. Inpatient Psychiatric Facility at ISSH 0.00 
 2. SA & MH Data System 0.00  858,700  858,700 
 3. Res. Care Rate Inc. & Caseload Growth 0.00 
 4. Trsf to Mental Health Grants 0.00  1,000,000  1,000,000 
 5. Move Med. Pre-Auth. Staff to Medicaid (15.00)  (296,300)  (667,300)  (963,600) 
 6. Behavioral Health Data Analyst 0.00 
 7. Additional Spending Authority 0.00  207,700  207,700 


FY 2009 Total 334.99  28,245,400  1,820,300  10,448,600  40,514,300 
Chg from FY 2008 Orig Approp (14.13)  474,100  507,700  (1,170,300)  (188,500) 
% Chg from FY 2008 Orig Approp. (4.0%)  1.7%  38.7%  (10.1%)  (0.5%) 

Contact: Amy Castro 334-4745

Legislative Services Office, Budget & Policy Analysis

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note Bill No. H651