Health, Department of

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Agency Web Site: http://www.health.ny.gov/Link to External Website

Mission

The Department of Health is charged with the protection and promotion of the health of New Yorkers through prevention, science and the assurance of quality health care delivery. The Department is the principal State agency that oversees the Medicaid Program and other public health insurance programs.

The Department operates health care facilities including Helen Hayes Hospital, four veteran’s nursing homes, and the Wadsworth Laboratories. In addition, DOH conducts oversight of health professionals and all other health care facilities to ensure that high quality, cost effective, health care alternatives are provided throughout the State.

Budget Highlights

The Executive Budget recommends $109 billion for the Department of Health, including $103 billion for Medicaid and $6 billion for remaining health program spending. This reflects an increase of $2 billion from the 2011-12 budget primarily reflecting the continuation of two year appropriations for Medicaid.

The Executive Budget recommends a workforce of 5,120 FTEs for the Department. This is an increase of 120 FTEs from the 2011-12 budget, which are intended to provide staff to support the phased takeover of local government administration of the Medicaid program.

Major budget actions include:

  • State takeover of local Medicaid growth over three years beginning in 2013-14, fully assuming the cost of Medicaid growth for counties and New York City by 2015-16, and the phased takeover of local government administration of the Medicaid program.
  • Continuation of the Medicaid spending cap enacted in 2011-12 to limit Department of Health State Funds Medicaid spending to rational measures of growth (i.e., the 10 year rolling average of the Medical Consumer Price Index, currently estimated at 4 percent).
  • Implementation of Medicaid Redesign Team recommendations, including critical new investments in health care delivery balanced by savings resulting from improvements in benefits design, more appropriate treatment outcomes and compliance with Federal requirements requiring spousal income and resources to be considered during Medicaid eligibility.
  • Modification of the Early Intervention Program to provide fiscal and administrative mandate relief to local governments by expanding insurance coverage, centralizing fiscal oversight through a fiscal intermediary contract and controlling administrative reimbursement. State savings over time will be applied to improving the timeliness of State reimbursement of local program costs.

For more information on this agency's budget recommendations located in the Executive Budget Briefing Book, click on the following link:

Briefing Book – Health Care (PDF)

ALL FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS
All amounts are in dollars
Category Available
2011-12
Appropriations
Recommended
2012-13
Change From
2011-12
Reappropriations
Recommended
2012-13
State Operations 2,250,923,100 2,230,719,100 (20,204,000) 3,200,164,000
Aid To Localities 104,621,527,615 106,659,736,715 2,038,209,100 106,371,054,700
Capital Projects 90,433,000 39,746,000 (50,687,000) 1,059,244,000
Total 106,962,883,715 108,930,201,815 1,967,318,100 110,630,462,700

PROJECTED LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT
Full-Time Equivalent Positions (FTE)
Program 2011-12
Estimated FTEs
03/31/12
2012-13
Estimated FTEs
03/31/13
FTE Change
Administration Program
General Fund 1,703 1,823 120
Special Revenue Funds - Federal 46 46 0
Special Revenue Funds - Other 209 209 0
Child Health Insurance
Special Revenue Funds - Other 38 38 0
Community Health
Special Revenue Funds - Federal 496 496 0
Special Revenue Funds - Other 108 108 0
Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage
Special Revenue Funds - Other 26 26 0
Environmental Health
Special Revenue Funds - Federal 111 111 0
Special Revenue Funds - Other 78 78 0
Capital Projects Funds - Other 56 56 0
Health Care Financing
Special Revenue Funds - Other 61 61 0
Health Insurance Programs, Office of
Special Revenue Funds - Federal 57 57 0
Special Revenue Funds - Other 1 1 0
Health Systems Management, Office of
Special Revenue Funds - Other 238 238 0
Institution Management
Special Revenue Funds - Other 1,510 1,510 0
Laboratories and Research
Special Revenue Funds - Federal 69 69 0
Special Revenue Funds - Other 193 193 0
Total 5,000 5,120 120

Note: Most recent estimates as of 1/17/2012

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