MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
1997 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Hall, Burton, Thames, Blackmon, Farris, Gollott, Jackson, Johnson (19th)
Senate Bill 3163
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR FISCAL YEARS 1997 AND 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
$ 174,202,112.00.
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 $ 179,033,618.00.
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 $ 3,578,008.00
Travel and Subsistence 250,574.00
Contractual Services 1,004,803.00
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 $ 7,187,885.00
FUNDING:
General Funds $ 2,647,276.00
Special Funds 4,540,609.00
Total $ 7,187,885.00
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 $ 33,319,289.00
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 9,198,346.00
Total $ 49,318,348.00
FUNDING:
General Funds $ 15,087,087.00
Special Funds 34,231,261.00
Total $ 49,318,348.00
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 $ 100,286.00
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 $ 297,097.00
FUNDING:
General Funds $ 159,753.00
Special Funds 137,344.00
Total $ 297,097.00
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 $ 33,484,228.00
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 3,688,875.00
Total $ 43,806,439.00
FUNDING:
General Funds $ 31,973,210.00
Special Funds 11,833,229.00
Total $ 43,806,439.00
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 $ 18,998,446.00
Travel and Subsistence 91,718.00
Contractual Services 1,943,242.00
Commodities 2,656,231.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment 930,000.00
Equipment 395,843.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants 5,533,505.00
Total $ 30,548,985.00
FUNDING:
General Funds $ 6,895,200.00
Special Funds 23,653,785.00
Total $ 30,548,985.00
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 $ 75,865,553.00
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 $ 100,645,339.00
FUNDING:
General Funds $ 70,073,559.00
Special Funds 30,571,780.00
Total $ 100,645,339.00
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 $ 18,511,038.00
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 $ 30,489,621.00
FUNDING:
General Funds $ 9,246,961.00
Special Funds 21,242,660.00
Total $ 30,489,621.00
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 $ 14,060,881.00
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 $ 23,904,537.00
FUNDING:
General Funds $ 6,898,610.00
Special Funds 17,005,927.00
Total $ 23,904,537.00
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 $ 11,833,707.00
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 $ 19,258,831.00
FUNDING:
General Funds $ 8,503,528.00
Special Funds 10,755,303.00
Total $ 19,258,831.00
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 $ 1,402,089.00
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 $ 3,936,824.00
FUNDING:
General Funds $ 2,628,244.00
Special Funds 1,308,580.00
Total $ 3,936,824.00
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. Any intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICF/MR) constructed with funds authorized in this section shall be authorized to participate in Medicaid Funding available for such services.
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) 21,462
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) 55,430
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. East Mississippi State Hospital is hereby granted authority to pay the University of Mississippi the sum of Four Thousand Twelve Dollars and Seventy-seven Cents ($4,012.77) for expenses of psychology interns incurred during the quarter that began October 1, 1994, and ended December 31, 1994, from currently appropriated operating funds.
SECTION 14. With the funds herein appropriated, the Department of Mental Health may realign, up to thirty (30) steps, no more than twenty-five (25) MH-Program Planner/Evaluator positions (occupation code 3826) and no more than three (3) Coordinator, Community Support Programs positions (occupation code 3880).
SECTION 15. 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 16. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1997, except for Section 13 which shall take effect and be in force from and after passage.