Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired [702]
Secretarial Area: Health and Human Resources
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $6,588,350 $35,194,288 $41,782,638
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $6,351,857 $35,194,288 $41,546,145
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $5,875,255 $37,185,638 $43,060,893
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $5,936,072 $37,304,330 $43,240,402
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $5,956,564 $44,803,865 $50,760,429
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $5,796,881 $44,923,865 $50,720,746
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly $6,564,461 $43,190,274 $49,754,735
2014-2016 2015 Base Budget $5,812,355 $44,923,865 $50,736,220
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments $752,106 ($1,733,591) ($981,485)
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly $6,078,174 $43,208,323 $49,286,497
2014-2016 2016 Base Budget $5,812,355 $44,923,865 $50,736,220
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments $265,819 ($1,715,542) ($1,449,723)
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 100.40 63.60 164.00
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 100.40 63.60 164.00
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 100.40 63.60 164.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 100.40 63.60 164.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 98.80 65.20 164.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 98.80 65.20 164.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly 62.60 84.40 147.00
2014-2016 2015 Base Budget 98.80 65.20 164.00
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments (36.20) 19.20 (17.00)
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly 62.60 84.40 147.00
2014-2016 2016 Base Budget 98.80 65.20 164.00
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments (36.20) 19.20 (17.00)
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the continued cost of public employee salary increases, increases in state employee health insurance premiums, changes in state employee retirement and other benefit contribution rates, and other centrally funded items being continued from the 2012-14 biennium into the 2014-16 biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $266,398 $266,398
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Align agency appropriation with current services Decision Package
  Aligns the agency's base budget to reflect current operations. Appropriation and positions are moved between service areas to ensure that all agency employees and services are properly budgeted. In addition, agency nongeneral fund appropriation is adjusted to reflect latest revenue projections. This technical action makes the Appropriation Act more transparent and limits the need for administrative transactions.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($1,920,363) ($1,920,363)
Positions (17.00) (17.00)
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Fund increased cost of shared services contract Decision Package
  Appropriates the general fund portion, approximately 46 percent, of higher shared services costs. The department contracts with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) for the provision of select back office functions. DARS recently informed the agency that shared services expenses have risen such that the contract amount will have to be increased beginning in FY 2015.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $109,692 $109,692
Nongeneral Fund $186,772 $186,772
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Capture biennial savings associated with generator purchase Decision Package
  Modifies the existing budget language to allow for the purchase of two generators for the department’s Azalea Road campus in two phases. A portion of the funding already appropriated will be used to complete work on generator installation in FY 2015. A companion amendment adjusts funding in FY 2014 to begin the project. In addition, recent cost estimates are less than originally expected; therefore a modest savings can be captured.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $141,286 ($361,744)
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Maintain community independent living services for blind and vision impaired Virginians Decision Package
  Maintains current staff and operations in the community independent living services program. This program assists people with visual disabilities in achieving their maximum level of independence in their home and community. Without additional general fund support, it is estimated that two of the agency’s 32 independent living teachers would have to be eliminated at some point in the next biennium to cover increasing fixed costs. This amendment ensures that funding is available to cover the existing personal services costs; in addition, $50,000 is provided for the provision of supportive equipment.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $197,856 $197,856
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Adjust funding for premium changes in the automobile insurance liability program Decision Package
  Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state’s automobile insurance liability program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $38,313 $38,313
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Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system Decision Package
  Provides appropriation to the agency’s budget to pay for the agency’s share of the costs for the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $2,335
Nongeneral Fund $0 $18,049
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Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges Decision Package
  Adjusts the agency budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($550) $13,515
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Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums Decision Package
  Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,464) ($1,121)
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Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges Decision Package
  Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $575 $575


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