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Prepared by the North Dakota Legislative Council staff for the Budget Committee on Government Services
December 1997

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

Total all funds

$74,805,653 $76,703,525 $88,189,346 $95,955,472

Less estimated income

23,388,992 28,104,086 39,153,695 43,918,670

Total general fund

$51,416,661 $48,599,439 $49,035,651 $52,036,802
State Hospital1

Total all funds

$53,976,393 $50,838,3532 $52,697,738 $56,520,007

Less estimated income

14,377,516 15,795,954 16,280,379 18,626,024

Total general fund

$39,598,877 $35,042,3992 $36,417,359 $37,893,983

State Hospital staff

717.2 659.2 628.6 622.6

State Hospital residents

272 224 224 225
Mental Health Services Programs

Mental Health Division

$3,760,322 $2,437,473 $7,251,006 $7,314,091

Human service centers

17,068,938 23,427,699 28,240,602 32,121,3743

Total all funds

$20,829,260 $25,865,172 $35,491,608 $39,435,465

Less estimated income

9,011,476 12,308,132 22,873,316 25,292,646

Total general fund

$11,817,784 $13,557,040 $12,618,292 $14,142,819

1 Legislative appropriations.

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.

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.



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

Northwest

$901,785 $1,467,568 $109,394 $2,478,747

North Central1

1,535,940 3,180,740 204,078 4,920,758

Lake Region

752,148 416,301 119,426 1,287,875

Northeast

2,633,129 2,580,584 156,008 5,369,721

Southeast

1,555,784 4,042,527 142,492 5,740,803

South Central

1,593,780 1,418,769 111,826 3,124,375

West Central1

2,153,886 4,631,921 118,680 6,904,487

Badlands

1,615,997 678,611 0 2,294,608

Total

$12,742,449 $18,417,021 $961,904 $32,121,374

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.



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

Northwest

$1,435,639 $1,177,114 $2,612,753

North Central

1,437,771 1,781,108 3,218,879

Lake Region

752,579 579,013 1,331,592

Northeast

1,603,542 3,586,851 5,190,393

Southeast

1,368,099 3,736,865 5,104,964

South Central

1,135,517 1,781,566 2,917,083

West Central

1,145,158 3,338,155 4,483,313

Badlands

828,635 1,025,265 1,853,900

Total

$9,706,940 $17,005,937 $26,712,877
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