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Increase funding for AIDS Drug Assistance Program |
Decision Package |
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Provides an increase in general fund support for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. This funding allows the agency to meet projected increases in client load for the program. There are currently 4,900 clients enrolled in the program. Enrollment is expected to increase by 28 percent in 2015. This funding will allow the agency to continue enrollment without implementing a waitlist. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$3,449,442 |
$3,794,386 |
Nongeneral Fund |
$14,271,403 |
$15,698,542 |
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Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets |
Base Budget Adjustment |
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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. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$6,778,522 |
$6,778,522 |
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Increase appropriation for the Trauma Fund |
Base Budget Adjustment |
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Increases appropriation to the Trauma Center Fund. This action will enable the program to spend existing balances from increased revenue from the driver's license reinstatement fee. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
Nongeneral Fund |
$5,000,000 |
$5,000,000 |
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Provide additional nongeneral fund appropriation for Communicable Disease Prevention and Control |
Base Budget Adjustment |
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Provides additional appropriation to reflect increased revenue from prescription drug rebates and insurance copayments. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
Nongeneral Fund |
$2,500,000 |
$2,500,000 |
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Decrease appropriation for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children |
Base Budget Adjustment |
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Removes excess appropriation to more closely match actual expenditures. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
Nongeneral Fund |
($2,000,000) |
($2,000,000) |
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Remove one time funding and positions for local dental services. |
Base Budget Adjustment |
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Removes funding that was provided to temporarily allow the agency to continue its existing community dental program while transitioning to a preventive model. This model is required to be in place by July 1, 2014. Also removes 20 positions associated with the community dental program. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
($967,944) |
($967,944) |
Nongeneral Fund |
($696,362) |
($696,362) |
Positions |
(20.00) |
(20.00) |
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Increase appropriation for the Rescue Squad Assistance Fund |
Base Budget Adjustment |
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Increases appropriation for the Virginia Rescue Squad Assistance Fund. This action will enable the program to spend existing balances from increased revenue from the $6.25 For Life fee. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
Nongeneral Fund |
$1,500,000 |
$1,500,000 |
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Maintain funding to the Virginia Resource Mothers Program |
Decision Package |
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Continues funding for the Virginia Resource Mothers Program to maintain current operations. Federal funding supporting this program is no longer available. This state funding allows the agency to continue to provide support in all of the program sites for pregnant teens, teen mothers, and their babies. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$614,914 |
$614,914 |
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Provide additional funding for Hampton Roads Proton Beam Therapy Institute |
Decision Package |
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Increases funding for the Proton Beam Therapy Institute at Hampton University. This funding allows the institute to continue to provide cancer care for the Commonwealth. Funding will also assist in infrastructure development and advance the research and training components of the institute. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$490,000 |
$490,000 |
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Increase in rent for local health department facilities |
Decision Package |
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Provides funding for additional costs facing local health departments as they move to new facilities and experience rent increases. Local health districts do not control the process for determining when and where their facilities will be located and therefore cannot control the cost. This funding allows local health departments to maintain current operations and services. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$176,929 |
$387,744 |
Nongeneral Fund |
$103,503 |
$267,602 |
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Provide additional support for the information security program |
Decision Package |
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Increases support for the agency’s information security program by funding two additional positions and agency-specific training. This funding allows the agency to meet stricter requirements under the Commonwealth security standard as well as increase the focus on cyber security to protect sensitive data. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$317,378 |
$285,900 |
Positions |
2.00 |
2.00 |
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Modify funding for poison control centers |
Decision Package |
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Reduces funding for poison control services to reflect funding two centers as opposed to three. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
($300,000) |
($300,000) |
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Provide funding for continued implementation of a system for electronic health records |
Decision Package |
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Funds costs related to the agency's transition to the health information exchange (ConnectVirginia). This funding will support a sytem of electronic health records across the Commonwealth. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$350,000 |
$150,000 |
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Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges |
Decision Package |
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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. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$18,790 |
$270,649 |
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Fund plan management activities related to the federal exchange |
Decision Package |
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Provides general fund support for plan management activities related to the federal exchange. This funding covers the agency’s cost as it provides assistance to the State Corporation Commission in its involvement of Virginia's Federally-Facilitated Marketplace. Specifically, the funding supports the federal quality health plan certification process, while also supporting managed health care insurance plan requirements. These funds could be offset by federal funds if they become available. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$96,150 |
$93,900 |
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Adjust funding to reflect changes in rent charges at the seat of government |
Decision Package |
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Adjusts agency funding for changes in the cost of rent charges at the seat of government. Overall rent rate changes are the result of additional costs to maintain facilities. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$41,953 |
$69,342 |
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Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system |
Decision Package |
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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. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$0 |
$83,647 |
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Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums |
Decision Package |
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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. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
($20,806) |
($16,630) |
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Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges |
Decision Package |
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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. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$15,228 |
$15,228 |
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Modify language for health safety net providers with reduced funds |
Decision Package |
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Amends certain language to reflect the proper allocation of funds to health safety net providers and removes remaining funding for the Chesapeake Adult General Medical Clinic, which no longer exists. The Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic is now known as “HealthWorks for Herndon” and other language has been updated. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
($8,685) |
($8,685) |
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Adjust funding for premium changes in the automobile insurance liability program |
Decision Package |
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Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state?s automobile insurance liability program. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$2,871 |
$2,871 |
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Remove indirect cost appropriation in the Office of Licensure and Certification |
Decision Package |
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Eliminates the indirect cost appropriation for the Office of Licensure and Certification to reflect the agency's current budget. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
Nongeneral Fund |
($2,729) |
($2,729) |
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Reduce position level to reflect current operations |
Decision Package |
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Decreases the maximum employment level to reflect current operations of the agency. These positions are not filled and not funded. Therefore there is no impact on agency operations. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
Positions |
(65.00) |
(65.00) |
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Transfer funding for dental prevention services |
Decision Package |
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Moves funding from Community Health Services to the Office of Family Health Services. This transfer supports the transition to a dental hygienist prevention service delivery model, for which the Virginia Department of Health has been directed to implement. This action nets to zero. |
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Allocate information technology funding across the agency |
Decision Package |
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Distributes funding provided for increased Virginia Information Technologies Agency costs to reflect proper use of agency resources by spreading costs across the agency. The action allocates the central allocation of funds provided to the agency across affected programs. This action nets to zero. |
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Reallocate general fund to support costs |
Decision Package |
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Supplants general fund dollars from Community Health Services with nongeneral fund dollars from the Office of Family Health Services. This action will improve productivity by eliminating time and effort reporting requirements for senior leadership. This action nets to zero. |
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Transfer appropriation between programs and service areas to reflect current operations |
Decision Package |
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Realigns resources within programs, between services areas, and to the correct subobject. This also transfers federal funds from community health services to the office of licensure and certification making appropriation available to cover anticipated expenditures. The Commonwealth Health Information Management and Exchange System grant ends in fiscal year 2014, therefore that appropriation is no longer needed. This action nets to zero. |
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Extend the deadline for implementation of the prevention only dental program |
Decision Package |
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Extends the deadline for implementation of the prevention only program for the Mount Rogers, Western Tidewater, and Norfolk health districts until January 1, 2016. This action allows these health districts to continue to provide existing dental services for another 18 months during the transition. The agency has funding to operate these dental programs during the extension. This action is embedded in budget language. |