CT Legislature Passes Fiscal Year 2016 2017 Budget

CT Legislature Passes Fiscal Year 2016 2017 Budget On Wednesday, June 3, the Connecticut General Assembly passed an Emergency Certification Bill, H.B. 7061 as amended by the House, the state budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 and 2017. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 73-70 and the State Senate by a vote of 19-17. Overall, the final budget maintains funding for social services at approximately the same level as the Appropriations Committee s budget, supporting individuals, children, and families in need of essential health and human services, including mental health and substance abuse, as well as developmental disabilities. In part, the biennial budget sustains social services through a $2 billion tax increase on corporations, wealthy households, cigarette sales, and other finance adjustments. Malloy is expected to sign the budget into law. The 2015 Regular Session concluded with the passage of a resolution by both chambers convening a Special Session focused on the passage of a key bill necessary for implementing the -17 budget. The Special Session is expected to convene sometime in the next several weeks. Some of the most significant items of interest to members are highlighted below. The budget also includes a 1% COLA for providers in. We will provide additional details following the passage of the budget implementation bill during the upcoming Special Session. If you have any questions on items that may require additional analysis, please contact Brunilda Ferraj (bferraj@ccpa-inc.org) or Ben Shaiken (bshaiken@ccpa-inc.org).

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF) The final DCF budget is approximately $200 Million below the s recommended level of funding due to the Legislature s reversal of the s proposal to transfer Juvenile Probation functions from CSSD to DCF as well as the transfer of Youth Service Bureaus and associated funding from the SDE to DCF. Another item of note includes the reduction of Board and Care for Children Short Term Stabilization by $1.2 Million in and $1.8 Million in over the s proposal. Several other line items in the budget saw an increase from the s proposed budget; please see below for details. SID Description Diff. from Diff. from Other Expenses 35,361,354 34,219,151 35,383,854 34,241,651 22,500 22,500 Workers' Compensation Claims 10,716,873 10,716,873 10,540,045 10,540,045 (176,828) (176,828) Family Support 984,582 984,582 974,752 987,082 (9,830) 2,500 Homeless Youth 2,515,707 2,515,707 2,515,707 2,515,707 - - Differential Response System 8,286,191 8,286,191 8,286,191 8,286,191 - - Regional Behavioral Health Consultation Pre-Adjudicated Juvenile and Family Health Assessment and Consultation Grants for Psychiatric Clinics for Children Day Treatment Centers for Children Juvenile Justice Outreach Child Abuse and Neglect Intervention Community Based Prevention Programs 1,719,500 1,719,500 1,696,875 1,719,500 (22,625) - 114,340,682 118,168,678 - - (114,340,682) (118,168,678) 1,015,002 1,015,002 1,015,002 1,015,002 - - 15,483,393 15,483,393 15,865,893 15,993,393 382,500 510,000 6,783,292 6,783,292 6,995,792 7,208,292 212,500 425,000 12,199,027 12,199,027 12,464,608 13,476,217 265,581 1,277,190 8,599,177 8,599,177 9,426,096 9,837,377 826,919 1,238,200 7,858,769 7,858,769 7,996,992 8,100,752 138,223 241,983 Page 2 of 8

Family Violence Outreach and Counseling 1,797,591 1,797,591 2,113,938 2,477,591 316,347 680,000 Supportive Housing 13,908,020 13,908,020 16,955,158 19,930,158 3,047,138 6,022,138 No Nexus Special Education 2,233,340 2,316,642 1,933,340 2,016,642 (300,000) (300,000) Family Preservation 5,735,278 5,735,278 6,052,611 6,211,278 317,333 476,000 Substance Abuse Treatment 9,817,303 9,817,303 10,092,881 10,368,460 275,578 551,157 Child Welfare Support 1,591,373 1,591,373 2,501,872 2,501,872 910,499 910,499 Board and Care for Children - Adoption Board and Care for Children - Foster Board and Care for Children - Short Term Stabilization 94,356,756 95,666,397 94,611,756 95,921,397 255,000 255,000 124,643,643 125,568,483 125,158,543 128,098,283 514,900 2,529,800 109,037,361 108,900,959 107,830,694 107,090,959 (1,206,667) (1,810,000) Individualized Family Supports 9,413,324 9,413,324 9,413,324 9,413,324 - - Community Kidcare 37,716,720 37,716,720 40,126,470 41,261,220 2,409,750 3,544,500 Covenant to Care - - 159,814 159,814 159,814 159,814 Neighborhood Center - - 250,414 250,414 250,414 250,414 Youth Service Bureaus 2,300,000 2,300,000 - - (2,300,000) (2,300,000) DEPARTMENT TOTAL 929,461,492 937,186,556 821,409,856 833,527,745 (108,051,636) (103,658,811) Page 3 of 8

DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (DDS) The final DDS budget is approximately $49 million above the s proposed budget over the biennium. The Voluntary Program is now more accurately named the Behavioral Program, and the final budget restored $28.6 million of the cuts in the s budget. $17.7 million of the cuts in the s budget were restored to the Employment Opportunities and Day program and Community Residential saw $12.1 million restored. SID Description Diff. from Diff. from Personal 267,209,799 269,307,937 262,989,799 265,087,937 (4,220,000) (4,220,000) Other Expenses 20,894,381 20,894,381 20,619,455 20,894,381 (274,926) - Family Support Grants 3,738,222 3,738,222 3,738,222 3,738,222 - - Cooperative Placements Program 24,544,841 24,477,566 24,544,841 24,477,566 - - Clinical 3,493,844 3,493,844 3,440,085 3,493,844 (53,759) - Workers' Compensation Claims 15,246,035 15,246,035 14,994,475 14,994,475 (251,560) (251,560) Autism 2,552,272 2,848,961 2,802,272 3,098,961 250,000 250,000 Behavioral Program 12,986,713 18,889,987 29,731,164 30,818,643 16,744,451 11,928,656 Supplemental Payments for Medical 5,108,116 5,108,116 4,908,116 4,908,116 (200,000) (200,000) Rent Subsidy Program 5,130,212 5,130,212 5,130,212 5,130,212 - - Employment Opportunities and Day 222,545,262 225,053,762 227,626,162 237,650,362 5,080,900 12,596,600 Community Residential 480,961,682 493,447,748 483,871,682 502,596,014 2,910,000 9,148,266 DEPARTMENT TOTAL 1,064,411,379 1,087,636,771 1,084,396,485 1,116,888,733 19,985,106 29,251,962 Page 4 of 8

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES (DMHAS) The DMHAS budget is approximately $21 Million over the s recommended level of funding. Approximately $19.1 million in and $20.6 million in in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health grant lines was restored from the s cut. The final budget also includes approximately $1 Million in each FY for the DMHAS Managed System. Other key items of note are included in the table below. SID Description Diff. from Diff. from Personal 205,578,670 208,141,328 205,578,670 208,141,328 - - Other Expenses 28,716,563 28,752,852 28,716,563 28,752,852 - - Housing Supports and 23,221,576 24,221,576 23,221,576 24,221,576 - - Managed Service System 61,471,758 61,618,442 62,596,523 62,743,207 1,124,765 1,124,765 Legal 546,029 546,029 995,819 995,819 449,790 449,790 Connecticut Mental Health Center 7,637,002 7,637,002 8,398,341 8,509,163 761,339 872,161 Professional 11,488,898 11,488,898 11,488,898 11,488,898 - - General Assistance Managed Care 41,991,862 43,075,573 41,991,862 43,075,573 - - Workers' Compensation Claims 11,990,126 11,990,126 11,792,289 11,792,289 (197,837) (197,837) Nursing Home Screening 591,645 591,645 591,645 591,645 - - Young Adult 80,206,667 85,961,827 80,206,667 85,961,827 - - TBI Community 10,400,667 10,412,737 10,400,667 10,412,737 - - Jail Diversion 4,595,351 4,617,881 4,595,351 4,617,881 - - Behavioral Health Medications 5,860,641 5,860,641 5,783,527 5,860,641 (77,114) - Prison Overcrowding 6,330,189 6,352,255 6,330,189 6,352,255 - - Page 5 of 8

Medicaid Adult Rehabilitation Option 4,816,334 4,803,175 4,816,334 4,803,175 - - Discharge and Diversion 24,447,924 27,347,924 24,447,924 27,347,924 - - Home and Community Based Persistent Violent Felony Offenders Act 20,566,913 26,901,275 19,612,854 25,947,617 (954,059) (953,658) 500,000 500,000 675,235 675,235 175,235 175,235 Nursing Home Contract 485,000 485,000 485,000 485,000 - - Pre-Trial Account - - 689,750 699,437 689,750 699,437 Grants for Substance Abuse 17,567,934 17,567,934 22,667,934 22,667,934 5,100,000 5,100,000 Grants for Mental Health 58,325,041 58,325,041 72,280,480 73,780,480 13,955,439 15,455,439 Employment Opportunities 10,417,204 10,417,204 10,417,204 10,417,204 - - Managed Service System 435,000 435,000 435,000 435,000 - - DEPARTMENT TOTAL 638,188,994 658,051,365 659,216,302 680,776,697 21,027,308 22,725,332 Page 6 of 8

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (DSS) Approximately $8 million in increases for Medicaid Behavioral Health rates remains in the DSS budget; this funding is not shown below as it was appropriated in previous FYs and is now incorporated into the current services number. There is no cut to HUSKY B despite how it appears below, as the federal share is not appropriated in this budget. Diff. Diff. SID Description from from Personal 133,204,508 131,516,031 134,527,508 133,178,052 1,323,000 1,662,021 Other Expenses 148,127,650 155,200,842 148,435,174 155,619,366 307,524 418,524 Children's Health Council - - 182,043 187,245 182,043 187,245 Genetic Tests in Paternity 122,506 122,506 120,236 122,506 (2,270) - Actions State Food Stamp 483,100 460,800 483,100 460,800 - - Supplement HUSKY B Program 33,690,000 36,250,000 6,550,000 4,350,000 (27,140,000) (31,900,000) Medicaid 2,446,290,000 2,505,490,000 2,469,915,500 2,544,288,000 23,625,500 38,798,000 Old Age Assistance 37,636,440 37,779,320 37,944,440 38,347,320 308,000 568,000 Aid To The Blind 743,550 741,289 750,550 755,289 7,000 14,000 Aid To The Disabled 60,387,585 60,134,440 61,115,585 61,475,440 728,000 1,341,000 Temporary Assistance to 102,625,380 102,058,030 99,425,380 98,858,030 (3,200,000) (3,200,000) Families - TANF Food Stamp Training 11,400 11,400 11,250 11,400 (150) - Expenses Healthy Start - - 1,251,522 1,287,280 1,251,522 1,287,280 DMHAS-Disproportionate Share Connecticut Home Care Program 108,935,000 108,935,000 108,935,000 108,935,000 - - 41,230,000 38,040,000 43,430,000 40,590,000 2,200,000 2,550,000 Page 7 of 8

Human Resource - - 886,630 898,452 886,630 898,452 Development-Hispanic Programs To The Elderly 476,599 478,300 476,599 478,300 - - Safety Net 885,358 705,452 2,462,943 2,533,313 1,577,585 1,827,861 Refunds Of Collections 112,500 112,500 110,625 112,500 (1,875) - for Persons With 353,865 353,865 526,762 541,812 172,897 187,947 Disabilities Nutrition Assistance 329,637 302,811 449,687 455,683 120,050 152,872 Housing/Homeless 4,826,384 4,698,287 5,210,676 5,210,676 384,292 512,389 State Administered 22,342,040 24,005,550 23,154,540 24,818,050 812,500 812,500 General Assistance Connecticut Children's 15,579,200 15,579,200 14,605,500 14,800,240 (973,700) (778,960) Medical Center Community 803,226 803,226 1,100,730 1,128,860 297,504 325,634 HS Infrastructure - - 3,021,660 3,107,994 3,021,660 3,107,994 Community Action Program Teen Pregnancy - - 1,607,707 1,653,641 1,607,707 1,653,641 Prevention Fatherhood Initiative - - - - - - Family Programs - TANF - - 541,600 415,166 541,600 415,166 Human Resource - - 5,029 5,096 5,029 5,096 Development-Hispanic Programs - Municipality Teen Pregnancy - - 120,598 124,044 120,598 124,044 Prevention - Municipality Community - 71,616 71,616 78,526 79,573 6,910 7,957 Municipality Family Programs - TANF - - 2,244,195 2,370,629 2,244,195 2,370,629 DEPARTMENT TOTAL 3,159,267,545 3,223,850,466 3,169,681,296 3,247,199,758 10,413,751 23,349,292 Page 8 of 8