MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Hall, Burton, Thames, Blackmon, Farris, Gollott, Jackson, Johnson (19th)

Senate Bill 3163

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998.  

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the support and maintenance of the Department of Mental Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998

$ 176,775,021.00.

SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized for expenditure out of any special source funds which are collected by or otherwise become available for the support and maintenance of the Department of Mental Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998 $ 176,243,243.00.

SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1 and authorized for expenditure under the provisions of Section 2, not more than the amounts set forth below shall be expended for the respective major objects or purposes of expenditure:

CENTRAL OFFICE

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 3,031,152.00

Travel and Subsistence 153,574.00

Contractual Services 884,803.00

Commodities 110,000.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 25,000.00

Equipment 69,500.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 2,150,000.00

Total $ 6,424,029.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 2,007,476.00

Special Funds 4,416,553.00

Total $ 6,424,029.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 50

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 26

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

ELLISVILLE STATE SCHOOL - SUPPORT

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 33,653,862.00

Travel and Subsistence 60,588.00

Contractual Services 2,994,174.00

Commodities 3,265,732.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 155,200.00

Equipment 325,019.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 8,998,346.00

Total $ 49,452,921.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 15,450,446.00

Special Funds 34,002,475.00

Total $ 49,452,921.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 1,358

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 32

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 31

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

ELLISVILLE STATE SCHOOL - FARM

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 99,662.00

Travel and Subsistence 100.00

Contractual Services 17,062.00

Commodities 139,149.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 3,500.00

Equipment 37,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 0.00

Total $ 296,473.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 159,129.00

Special Funds 137,344.00

Total $ 296,473.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 4

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

EAST MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 33,500,188.00

Travel and Subsistence 47,906.00

Contractual Services 2,488,446.00

Commodities 3,504,273.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 150,000.00

Equipment 442,711.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 3,188,875.00

Total $ 43,322,399.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 32,327,907.00

Special Funds 10,994,492.00

Total $ 43,322,399.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 1,264

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 6

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 116

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

HUDSPETH REGIONAL CENTER

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 19,197,390.00

Travel and Subsistence 91,718.00

Contractual Services 1,943,242.00

Commodities 2,656,231.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 430,000.00

Equipment 395,843.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 5,533,505.00

Total $ 30,247,929.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 7,129,429.00

Special Funds 23,118,500.00

Total $ 30,247,929.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 769

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 28

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 33

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 76,075,023.00

Travel and Subsistence 97,750.00

Contractual Services 9,052,502.00

Commodities 5,799,585.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 471,000.00

Equipment 1,068,471.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 8,290,478.00

Total $ 100,854,809.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 71,216,163.00

Special Funds 29,638,646.00

Total $ 100,854,809.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 2,731

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 11

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 213

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 18,738,939.00

Travel and Subsistence 83,856.00

Contractual Services 2,445,674.00

Commodities 2,557,332.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 71,500.00

Equipment 361,970.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 6,458,251.00

Total $ 30,717,522.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 9,481,543.00

Special Funds 21,235,979.00

Total $ 30,717,522.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 667

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 19

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 87

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 13

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 14,132,953.00

Travel and Subsistence 68,564.00

Contractual Services 2,274,893.00

Commodities 1,695,656.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 175,000.00

Equipment 512,174.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 5,117,369.00

Total $ 23,976,609.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 7,024,224.00

Special Funds 16,952,385.00

Total $ 23,976,609.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 494

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 8

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 66

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 4

BOSWELL REGIONAL CENTER

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 11,906,961.00

Travel and Subsistence 41,295.00

Contractual Services 1,770,227.00

Commodities 1,661,305.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 257,250.00

Equipment 525,850.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 3,169,197.00

Total $ 19,332,085.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 8,638,356.00

Special Funds 10,693,729.00

Total $ 19,332,085.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 423

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 3

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 62

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 2

NORTH MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 2,016,929.00

Travel and Subsistence 5,500.00

Contractual Services 250,075.00

Commodities 265,350.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 15,000.00

Equipment 698,810.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 1,300,000.00

Total $ 4,551,664.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 3,251,664.00

Special Funds 1,300,000.00

Total $ 4,551,664.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 110

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

SERVICE BUDGET

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 0.00

Travel and Subsistence 0.00

Contractual Services 973,773.00

Commodities 0.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 42,868,051.00

Total $ 43,841,824.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 20,088,684.00

Special Funds 23,753,140.00

Total $ 43,841,824.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

From the funds provided in the budget category "Personal Services: Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits," funds may be expended for the following purposes, in compliance with policies established by the State Personnel Board and any conditions placed on such expenditure:

(a) The components of the Variable Compensation Plan shall be maintained within the constraints of the funds appropriated herein.

(b) Funds shall be used to fund the "Realignment" component at the requirement established by the State Personnel Board.

(c) Subsequent to the application of Realignment, as specified in Subparagraph (b), above, funds shall be used to provide all eligible state employees employed on or before June 30, 1996, a Three Hundred Dollar ($300.00) "In-Service" COLA base salary increase effective July 1, 1997.

(d) All eligible state employees employed on or before June 30, 1996, shall receive a one percent (1%) salary increase on the first day of the month following their anniversary hire date.

(e) To be eligible for the salary increases specified in Subparagraphs (c) and (d), above, employees must have a current overall performance appraisal rating of "meets expectations" (2.0), or above, on the effective date of the increase. Employees who, subsequent to their eligibility date, receive a performance appraisal rating of "meets expectations" (2.0), or above, during Fiscal Year 1998 shall receive the salary increase effective the date of the rating. If an eligible employee is currently at or above end step for his or her job classification, or should this salary increase cause an eligible employee's salary to exceed end step, that portion of the increase exceeding end step shall be built into the employee's base salary.

It is the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for Personal Services for Fiscal Year 1999 do not exceed Fiscal Year 1998 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs and/or positions are added to the agency's budget by the Mississippi Legislature.

Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions, and procedures established by law.

No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.

Of the general funds appropriated to the "Service Budget" in the category "Subsidies, Loans and Grants," the sum of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) may be used for Special Olympics and choir and tumbling team consisting of students from the institutions included in this act.

SECTION 4. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1, authorized for expenditure under the provisions of Section 2, and allocated under the provisions of Section 3, funds in the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) may be expended for the support of a pilot project to provide authority for East Mississippi State Hospital and Mississippi State Hospital to contract with local hospitals located in counties with a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000) to provide emergency in-patient care to individuals committed by the Chancery Court to East Mississippi State Hospital or Mississippi State Hospital for treatment of mental illness if, at the time that such commitment is made, a bed is not available for admission to East Mississippi State Hospital or Mississippi State Hospital. East Mississippi State Hospital and Mississippi State Hospital shall have the authority to contract with local hospitals located in counties with a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000) for in-patient emergency care for a period not to exceed seven (7) days at a rate not to exceed One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per day with East Mississippi State Hospital or Mississippi State Hospital providing One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and the local government providing Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per day for such care. Payment for such physician fees shall be made at the Medicaid rate of reimbursement and paid by East Mississippi State Hospital or Mississippi State Hospital. Funds provided for the initiation of this pilot project shall not be expended for in-patient hospital care unless there is participation in the reimbursement for such care by the local government as required by the provisions of this section.

SECTION 5. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health has the authority to transfer cash from one special fund treasury fund to another special fund treasury fund under the control of the Department of Mental Health. The purpose of this authority is to more efficiently use available cash reserves. It is further the intention of the Legislature that the Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health shall submit written justification for the transfer to the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration on or before the fifteenth (15th) of the month prior to the effective date of the transfer.

SECTION 6. Any person within the Department of Mental Health who must work on a statutory holiday or any holiday proclaimed by the Governor, may at the discretion of the Director of the Institution and the Executive Director of the Department of Mental Health and within available personnel funds, be paid "call back pay" in lieu of "compensatory time credit."

SECTION 7. Of the funds appropriated to the "Service Budget" in the category "Subsidies, Loans and Grants," funds are included for the support of community mental health services for fiscal year 1998.

Provided, however, that none of the funds appropriated for the support of community mental health services shall be made available to any Regional Mental Health/Retardation Center which does not receive from each of its participating counties a dollar amount equivalent to what the proceeds of a three-fourths (3/4) mill tax on all taxable property in the county in Fiscal Year 1982 would have been or the amount of funds contributed to the center by the county in Fiscal Year 1984, whichever shall be greater. By means of performance contracts, the Department of Mental Health shall disburse the funds appropriated in this section for services for the mentally ill, mentally retarded and alcohol/drug abusers. The State Board of Mental Health and the Department of Mental Health shall be responsible for selecting the types of services which shall be provided with the funds appropriated in this section, for developing and monitoring performance contracts and for holding contractors accountable for utilization of funds.

SECTION 8. Funds presently included or any funds received in the future for timber funds at Ellisville State School and East Mississippi State Hospital are hereby authorized for transfer to the regular operating budgets of the respective facilities. Each facility shall receive such funds as "Special" funds, and such funds shall be available for use in payment of any and all expenses of each facility, paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 9. The Department of Mental Health and its facilities shall have the express legal authority, within funding and spending authority appropriated under the provisions of Section 1, authorized for expenditure under the provisions of Section 2, and allocated under the provisions of Section 3 of this act, to transfer such funds to Bureau of Building, Grounds, and Real Property Management for the purposes of purchasing land for use by residential facilities operated by the Department; constructing and equipping group homes for persons with mental illness, mental retardation, and/or substance abuse; constructing and equipping such other buildings as may be required for treatment of persons with mental illness, mental retardation, and/or substance abuse; and to repair and renovate existing buildings.

SECTION 10. Of the General Funds appropriated to the "Service Budget" in the category of "Subsidies, Loans and Grants," the sum required may be expended to fund the Home and Community Based Waiver Option for community mental retardation services as authorized under Section 43-13-117 (29) of the Mississippi Code of 1972 (Annotated).

SECTION 11. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby reappropriated out of any money in the special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Mental Health Funds 3372, 3373, 3374, 3382, 3385, 3386 and 3387 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998 $ 6,000,000.00

Notwithstanding the amount reappropriated under the provisions of this section, in no event shall the amount expended exceed the unexpended balance as of June 30, 1997, or change the purpose for which the funds were originally authorized.

SECTION 12. In compliance with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994," it is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided herein shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the intended mission of this agency. Based on the funding authorized, this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted performance measures provided below:

FY98

Performance Measures Target

CENTRAL OFFICE

SERVICES MANAGEMENT

State Institutions Operated (Number of) 8

Units Monitored, etc. (Number of) 1,150

Grants Administered (Number of) 335

DIRECT CLIENT SERVICES

Employment Related Clients (Number of) 500

Case Management Clients (Individuals) 1,135

ELLISVILLE STATE SCHOOL

INSTITUTIONAL CARE

Residential Services (Client Days) 204,000

GROUP HOMES

Community Based Services (Client Days) 26,200

ICF/MR Services (Client Days) 1,800

COMMUNITY MR TREATMENT

Clients Served (Individuals) 700

SUPPORT SERVICES

Units Administered (Number of) 4

ELLISVILLE STATE SCHOOL-FARM

FARM OPERATIONS

Patients Meals Provided (Patients) 690

Beef Production (Pounds) 83,557

Pork Production (Pounds) 47,426

EAST MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL

PRE/POST INSTITUTIONAL CARE

Patient/Resident Days (Number of) 226,424

INSTITUTIONAL CARE

Total Residents/Clients Served (Persons) 580

SUPPORT SERVICES

Percent of Support Staff to Direct Staff(%) 1.70

HUDSPETH REGIONAL CENTER

INSTITUTIONAL CARE

In-Patient Days (Patient Days) 104,025

GROUP HOMES

ICF/MR Services (Patient Days) 14,600

COMMUNITY MR TREATMENT

Diagnostic & Evaluation Services (Contacts) 337

Employment Support (Contacts) 4,980

SUPPORT SERVICES

Support Services Budget Percent (%) 3.60

MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL

INSTITUTIONAL CARE

Patient/Resident Days (Number of) 470,843

PRE/POST INSTITUTIONAL CARE

Clients Served (Individuals) 398

SUPPORT SERVICES

Support Staff to Direct Care Positions (%) 1.65

NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER

INSTITUTIONAL CARE

ICF/MR Residential Care (Client Days) 100,156

GROUP HOMES

ICF/MR Residential Care (Client Days) 25,010

COMMUNITY MR TREATMENT

Therapy for Children and Families (Sessions) 5,255

Employment Support (Contacts/Visits) 6,000

SUPPORT SERVICES

Administration as a % of Total Budget 3

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CENTER

COMMUNITY MR TREATMENT

Clients Served (Number of) 995

GROUP HOMES

ICF/MR Residential Services (Client Days) 28,810

INSTITUTIONAL CARE

Residential ICF/MR Program (Client Days) 84,240

SUPPORT SERVICES

Administrative Budget Percentage (%) 4.49

BOSWELL REGIONAL CENTER

INSTITUTIONAL CARE

ICF/MR Residential Program (Client Days) 51,100

Interdependent Living Skills (Client Days) 16,790

GROUP HOMES

24 Hr. per Day Care (Client Days) 44,950

COMMUNITY MR TREATMENT

Clients Served (Number of) 1,600

SUPPORT SERVICES

Budget use for Support Services (% of total) 3.40

SERVICE BUDGET

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

Group Homes - Alternative Living (Beds) 347

Psychotropic Drugs Purchased (Prescriptions) 23,000

Halfway Houses (Number of Beds) 80

MENTAL RETARDATION SERVICES

Group Homes - Alternative Living (Beds) 427

Work Activity/Employment Related (Clients) 1,642

CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVICES

Group Homes (Beds) 85

Chemical Dependency (Beds) 24

ALCOHOL & DRUG SERVICES

Residential Treatment (Beds) 555

Outpatient Admissions (Number of Patients) 4,330

A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 1999.

SECTION 13. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, or the proper special funds, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 14. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1997.