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Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Amend Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Health Department Budget 022-4000-HEA015-8410 to increase revenue and appropriations in the amount of $4,461,032 (4/5ths vote required); and
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to incorporate the budget changes in the FY 2016-17 Adopted Budget.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors support the request to:
a. Amend Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Health Department Budget 022-4000-HEA015-8410 to increase revenue and appropriations in the amount of $4,461,032 (4/5ths vote required); and
b. Authorize the County Administrative Office and the Auditor Controller to incorporate the budget changes in the FY 2016-17 Adopted Budget;
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Receipts of 2011 Realignment for Mental Health are tracked in Fund 022. The State allocates these funds to counties using a formula that is updated periodically based on claims and historical payment data. On October 25, 2016, the State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) issued MHSUDS Information Notice 16-052 with an updated allocation schedule. Per the updated schedule, the County's allocation percentage increased from .008550245 to 1.1005070, increasing the base allocation amount from $9.37 million in FY 2015-16 to $13.9 million in FY 2016-17, an increase of $4.53M.
The 2011 Realignment revenue budgeted for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 is $9,500,000. This amount is consistent with the estimated receipts for FY 2015-16 at the time the budget was developed plus a conservative estimate for the allocation of growth funds. The actual receipts realized in FY 2015-16 totaled $11.3M of which $9.37M were from base allocation, and $1.9M of growth funds.
The recommended action increases revenue and appropriations to the new allocation amount, providing the department the flexibility to claim up to the full allocation amount to fund all realignment eligible expenditures in FY 2016-17. The requested increase amount is the difference...
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