Department for the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing [751]
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 $1,374,601 $14,389,078 $15,763,679
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $1,278,736 $14,389,078 $15,667,814
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $840,901 $14,823,149 $15,664,050
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $840,901 $14,823,149 $15,664,050
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $844,985 $10,561,124 $11,406,109
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $844,994 $10,938,174 $11,783,168
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly $927,452 $10,938,174 $11,865,626
2014-2016 2015 Base Budget $844,994 $10,938,174 $11,783,168
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments $82,458 $0 $82,458
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly $927,545 $5,938,174 $6,865,719
2014-2016 2016 Base Budget $844,994 $10,938,174 $11,783,168
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments $82,551 ($5,000,000) ($4,917,449)
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 12.00 2.00 14.00
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 12.00 2.00 14.00
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 10.50 3.50 14.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 10.50 3.50 14.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 8.37 2.63 11.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 8.37 2.63 11.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly 8.37 2.63 11.00
2014-2016 2015 Base Budget 8.37 2.63 11.00
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly 8.37 2.63 11.00
2014-2016 2016 Base Budget 8.37 2.63 11.00
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
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 $32,416 $32,416
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Account for new relay center contract Decision Package
  Reduces agency appropriation reflecting the anticipated lower cost of a new relay contract negotiated after the removal of corresponding budget language restrictions. Striking the current language is necessary as there may be no way to meet its provisions in future relay center contracts. A comparison between current contract costs and the national average paid for basic relay services has the potential to generate savings of up to $5.0 million annually, savings which will be passed on to localities through the Communications Tax fund beginning in FY 2016.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 ($5,000,000)
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Consolidate shared services support Decision Package
  Transfers $50,000 from the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) to the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DDHH). DDHH currently contracts with DARS to perform select routine back office functions. As part of the renegotiation of this contract, DARS and DDHH determined that $50,000 should be credited to DDHH to account for a funding transfer that occurred in the mid-1990s. This addendum moves this funding to DDHH and is offset with a companion reduction in DARS.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000 $50,000
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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 $84 $84
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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 ($48) ($42)
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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 $83
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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 $6 $6
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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 $0 $4
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Add language to include preferences in telecommunications relay services contract General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds language directing the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing to include certain preferences in any request for proposal for telecommunications relay services.


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