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Moves funds from agency 793 (Intellectual Disability training centers) to the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation. These funds were moved administratively in FY 2015 and will be moved again in FY 2016. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$2,792,375 |
$2,792,375 |
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Moves savings budgeted centrally in Paragraph A, Item 471.10, Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly from Central Appropriations to the individual budgets of state agencies. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
($591,037) |
($591,037) |
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Adjusts appropriation for changes in state employee retirement rates to 80 percent of the Virginia Retirement System Board certified rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.H. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly. A companion adjustment provides funding to increase state employee retirement rates to 90 percent of the Virginia Retirement System Board certified rate. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$485,415 |
$485,415 |
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Adjusts appropriation for the two percent salary increase for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.P. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$348,457 |
$348,457 |
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Adjusts appropriation for changes in employee retirement rates to 90 percent of the Virginia Retirement System Board certified rate budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.U. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$275,224 |
$275,224 |
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Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.G. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$264,216 |
$264,216 |
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Adjusts appropriation for a $1,000 salary increase for employees in Security Officer I and III roles. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$169,711 |
$169,711 |
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Adjusts appropriation for the two percent salary increase for state employees in high turnover roles budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.T. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$131,515 |
$131,515 |
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Adjusts appropriation for the compression pay adjustment for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.Q. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$100,517 |
$100,517 |
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Adjusts appropriation for changes in state employee other post employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.K.3. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$19,036 |
$19,036 |
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Transfers funds between service areas to properly reflect projected expenditures. This transfer will eliminate the need to move funds administratively and will increase transparency. |
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Provides funds to support special hospitalization costs at the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation. While individuals are committed to the VCBR, the state is responsible for the cost of their health care. As the population continues to grow and age, so will medical costs. The cost of providing medical care to these individuals rose from $2.7 million in FY 2014 to $3.9 million in FY 2015, and is expected to continue to grow throughout the biennium. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$992,538 |
$992,538 |
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Supports the agency's workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 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. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$257,459 |
$264,617 |
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Reflects the agency's share of the costs of 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. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$21,921 |
$22,626 |
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Aligns appropriation properly between service areas to eliminate the need for administrative transfers. This sum zero transfer has no fiscal impact. |
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Adjusts the position levels at the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation’s as census has climbed over the last five years due to increased admissions. This amendment will bring the facility’s position level in line with the 2016-2018 base budget adjustment. |
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FY |
FY |
Positions |
83.00 |
83.00 |
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This amendment transfers funds appropriated for special hospitalization costs in the agency's facility system to the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation. Medical costs at the VCBR continue to increase and additional funds are needed to support the facility. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
$1,200,000 |
$1,200,000 |
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This amendment reduces $692,538 each year from the general fund provided in the introduced budget for increasing special hospitalization costs for residents at the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation. Based on the cost projections and the agency's ability to cover the costs in fiscal year 2016, this action leaves $300,000 in new funding for the increasing costs of special hospitalization. |
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FY |
FY |
General Fund |
($692,538) |
($692,538) |
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This amendment limits appropriation transfers from other sub-agencies within the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation (VCBR). VCBR is a unique agency within the DBHDS system and is funded solely from the general fund, and transfers from other agencies within the DBHDS system should be limited to distributions of centrally funded items or for special hospitalization costs. |
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This amendment requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to study and develop options to reduce the census growth and potential need for additional bed capacity at the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation. The current census of the facility is around 370 and it has a capacity of 450. |