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Prepared by the North Dakota Legislative Council
staff for the Budget Committee on Government Services |
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FUNDING - 1997-99 BIENNIUM
This memorandum provides information on the mental health services funding provided for the 1997-99 biennium. The schedule below presents a historical comparison of legislative appropriations for mental health services programs of the Department of Human Services:
| Total State Hospital and Mental Health Services Programs | ||||
| Biennium | ||||
| 1991-93 | 1993-95 | 1995-97 | 1997-99 | |
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Total all funds |
$74,805,653 | $76,703,525 | $88,189,346 | $95,955,472 |
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Less estimated income |
23,388,992 | 28,104,086 | 39,153,695 | 43,918,670 |
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Total general fund |
$51,416,661 | $48,599,439 | $49,035,651 | $52,036,802 |
| State Hospital1 | ||||
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Total all funds |
$53,976,393 | $50,838,3532 | $52,697,738 | $56,520,007 |
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Less estimated income |
14,377,516 | 15,795,954 | 16,280,379 | 18,626,024 |
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Total general fund |
$39,598,877 | $35,042,3992 | $36,417,359 | $37,893,983 |
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State Hospital staff |
717.2 | 659.2 | 628.6 | 622.6 |
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State Hospital residents |
272 | 224 | 224 | 225 |
| Mental Health Services Programs | ||||
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Mental Health Division |
$3,760,322 | $2,437,473 | $7,251,006 | $7,314,091 |
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Human service centers |
17,068,938 | 23,427,699 | 28,240,602 | 32,121,3743 |
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Total all funds |
$20,829,260 | $25,865,172 | $35,491,608 | $39,435,465 |
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Less estimated income |
9,011,476 | 12,308,132 | 22,873,316 | 25,292,646 |
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Total general fund |
$11,817,784 | $13,557,040 | $12,618,292 | $14,142,819 |
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1 Legislative appropriations. |
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2 Includes $1,880,000 of the $2 million appropriated from the general fund in a State Hospital downsizing funding pool for the 1993-95 biennium. The remaining $120,000 was retained as part of the Department of Human Services targeted savings. |
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3 The 1997 Legislative Assembly appropriated funding to the human service centers using a block grant concept. As a result, the department allocated the funding to the various human service center programs, including mental health services. The amount shown is the funding allocated by the department for mental health services for the 1997-99 biennium. |
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The 1997-99 funding allocated to the human service centers for mental health services is listed on the schedule below:
| 1997-99 Biennium | ||||
| Regional Human Service Center | General Fund | Federal Funds | Other Funds | Total |
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Northwest |
$901,785 | $1,467,568 | $109,394 | $2,478,747 |
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North Central1 |
1,535,940 | 3,180,740 | 204,078 | 4,920,758 |
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Lake Region |
752,148 | 416,301 | 119,426 | 1,287,875 |
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Northeast |
2,633,129 | 2,580,584 | 156,008 | 5,369,721 |
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Southeast |
1,555,784 | 4,042,527 | 142,492 | 5,740,803 |
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South Central |
1,593,780 | 1,418,769 | 111,826 | 3,124,375 |
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West Central1 |
2,153,886 | 4,631,921 | 118,680 | 6,904,487 |
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Badlands |
1,615,997 | 678,611 | 0 | 2,294,608 |
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Total |
$12,742,449 | $18,417,021 | $961,904 | $32,121,374 |
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1 The Emergency Commission, at its October 1997 meeting, approved additional federal authority for the mental health partnership programs at the North Central Human Service Center - $339,000 and the West Central Human Service Center - $1,879,130. |
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Actual expenditures for the 1995-97 biennium relating to mental health services at the human service centers is listed on the schedule below:
| 1995-97 Biennium | |||
| Regional Human Service Center | General Fund | Special Funds | Total Funds |
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Northwest |
$1,435,639 | $1,177,114 | $2,612,753 |
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North Central |
1,437,771 | 1,781,108 | 3,218,879 |
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Lake Region |
752,579 | 579,013 | 1,331,592 |
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Northeast |
1,603,542 | 3,586,851 | 5,190,393 |
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Southeast |
1,368,099 | 3,736,865 | 5,104,964 |
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South Central |
1,135,517 | 1,781,566 | 2,917,083 |
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West Central |
1,145,158 | 3,338,155 | 4,483,313 |
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Badlands |
828,635 | 1,025,265 | 1,853,900 |
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Total |
$9,706,940 | $17,005,937 | $26,712,877 |
