Mental Hygiene, Department of
skip breadcrumbs| Category | Available 2008-09 |
Appropriations Recommended 2009-10 |
Change From 2008-09 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2009-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 833,179,000 | 600,000,000 | -233,179,000 | 0 |
| Capital Projects | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 833,179,000 | 600,000,000 | -233,179,000 | 0 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 12/16/08.
Mission
The Department of Mental Hygiene operates through three independent agencies - the Office of Mental Health, the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. All three agencies provide services directly to their clients through State-operated facilities and receive reimbursement for these services, primarily with Medicaid funds.
Patient revenues in the Patient Income Account are pledged first to the payment of debt service on outstanding Mental Hygiene bonds. The recommended $600 million in new appropriations from the Patient Income Account and the Mental Hygiene Program Fund may be distributed to any of the three agencies in order to access additional revenues made available or through a decreased set-aside for debt service resulting from planned debt management actions.
2009-10 Executive Budget — Agency Presentation
Mental Hygiene, Department of (PDF)