2003 Green Book
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OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
Adjusted
Appropriation
2002-03 		Executive
Request
2003-04 		Legislative
Appropriation
2003-04 		Change

STATE OPERATIONS
General Fund 667,599,500 505,715,000 520,940,000 15,225,000
Special Revenue-Other 485,447,000 595,981,000 595,981,000 0
Special Revenue-Federal 1,258,000 1,272,000 1,272,000 0
Fiduciary 570,000 570,000 570,000 0
Enterprise 8,277,000 8,284,000 8,284,000 0
Internal Service Fund 2,292,000 2,304,000 2,304,000 0
Total for STATE OPERATIONS 1,165,443,500 1,114,126,000 1,129,351,000 15,225,000

AID TO LOCALITIES
General Fund 711,280,000 730,059,000 730,859,000 800,000
Special Revenue-Other 74,535,000 74,535,000 77,510,000 2,975,000
Special Revenue-Federal 38,235,000 40,129,000 40,129,000 0
Total for AID TO LOCALITIES 824,050,000 844,723,000 848,498,000 3,775,000

CAPITAL PROJECTS
Capital Projects Fund 37,700,000 42,000,000 42,000,000 0
Mental Hygiene Capital Improvement
Fund-389 125,180,000 173,482,000 173,482,000 0
Total for CAPITAL PROJECTS 162,880,000 215,482,000 215,482,000 0
LEGISLATIVE ACTION

The Legislature provides $2,193,331,000 on an All Funds basis, a net increase in appropriation authority of $19,000,000. This reflects a decrease of $2,500,000 offset by increases totaling $21,500,000 to the Executive budget submission.

Legislative Reductions

The Legislature reduces the Administration and Finance Program appropriation by $2,500,000 to reflect a re-estimate of nonpersonal service funding requirements.

Legislative Changes

The Legislature restores $9,900,000 to the Adult Services Program for the continued operation of the Elmira Psychiatric Center, the Richard H. Hutchings Psychiatric Center and the Middletown Psychiatric Center and to assure the continued availability of essential mental health services to the local communities that rely on these facilities for services.

The Legislature also restores $7,825,000 to the Research in Mental Illness Program to maintain the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research as separate and distinct facilities in order to continue the State’s longstanding commitment to mental health research. This restoration not only averts the loss of millions of dollars in grant support from the federal government and various philanthropic foundations, but also preserves several hundred support and ancillary positions funded through the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene.

In addition, the Legislature provides $800,000 to restore 50 percent of the funding for the Alternative Rate Methodology Supplement (ARMS) for certain Article 28 hospitals that had been cut by the Governor.

The Legislature denies the Governor’s proposal to subsume funding for community reinvestment within the Adult Services Program and re-establishes a separate appropriation line for the Reinvestment Program at the State Fiscal Year 2002-03 level. The Legislature further provides $2,975,000 in new Special Revenue Other appropriation authority in the Reinvestment Program to allow for the disbursement for reinvestment purposes of any added General Fund savings derived from the closure of additional psychiatric center beds not anticipated in the Governor’s proposed budget.

Article VII

The Legislature:

  • Denies legislation that would merge the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research with the New York State Psychiatric Institute and instead restores funding to maintain both facilities as separate and independent entities;
  • Denies legislation that would close the Elmira Psychiatric Center, the Richard H. Hutchings Psychiatric Center and the Middletown Psychiatric Center on July 1, 2003, without the planning and notice required by the Mental Hygiene Law;
  • Denies legislation that would have closed the Bronx Psychiatric Center and Bronx Children’s Psychiatric Center on October 1, 2005, without the planning and notice required by the Mental Hygiene Law;
  • Establishes the Community Mental Health Support and Workforce Reinvestment Program, effective April 1, 2003, and provides that General Fund savings from psychiatric center bed and facility closures will be reinvested in community mental health services, including savings from any additional beds that are closed in SFY 2003-04 over and above those already anticipated in the Governor’s budget;
  • Amends the Mental Hygiene Law to include consumers and family members on community service boards;
  • Denies legislation that would authorize the Commissioner of Mental Health to be the sole appointing, transferring and removing authority for all Office of Mental Health employees; and
  • Extends legislation through March 31, 2006, that permits Article 28 hospitals to replace State funding for mental health services with federal Disproportionate Share payments.
Legislative Additions

The Legislature provides funding for the following:




PROGRAM APPROPRIATION VETO #

DENIAL OF CLOSURE OF HUTCHINGS, ELMIRA & MIDDLETOWN PSYCHIATRIC CENTERS $9,900,000
DENIAL OF CONSOLIDATION OF NYPI AND NKI RESEARCH FACILITIES $7,825,000
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT & WORKFORCE REINVESTMENT $2,975,000 91
ALTERNATIVE RATE METHODOLOGY (ARMS)FUNDING $800,000 90

*All program appropriations vetoed by the Executive, as indicated by a veto message number, were subsequently overridden by the Legislature.


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