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| FY10 House Ways & Means Budget Analysis |
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We are grateful to Chairman Charley Murphy and the House Ways & Means Committee for restoring or largely restoring major disability-related line-items in the FY10 budget (including Family Supports, MRC Extended Employment, DESE-DDS program, Autism Division). However, other critical
services, including Day/Employment, Transportation, Turning 22 Annualization and Salary Reserve, remain in jeopardy. If these cuts are not restored, thousands of individuals with disabilities and their families may lose services.
Please visit our Action Center, where you can email your Rep. and follow-up with a phone call (see here for phone numbers) asking her or him to support the following amendments. (If your Rep. is one of the sponsors listed below, thank them for their leadership and ask them to sign on to the others.)
Amendments Supported (by The Arc, ADDP, MDDC, MFOFC and MASS): - Employment/Day (5920-2025): needs $7.45 Million to be restored -- Rep. Scibak (No. 380)
- Transportation (5911-2000): annualize 2009 increase, $3.6 Million -- Rep. Peisch (No. 424)
- Turning 22 (5920-5000): funded at $7.7 Million, but language needs to be inserted for 2011 annualization of $18.6 Million – Rep. Harkins, (No. 778)
- Salary Reserve (1599-6901): needs $23 Million to be restored, Reps. Khan, Coakley-Rivera & St. Fleur (Nos. 64, 543, 839)
- Community First (4000-0650): needs $3 Million, Rep. Keenan (No. 197) – Also Reps. Koutoujian (No. 872 for full $41 million) and Wolf (No. 405 for $5Million)
- DPPC (1107-2501): needs $71,500 to maintain current level of services -- Rep. Calter (No. 463)
- Early Intervention (4513-1020): needs $9.2 Million – Rep. Kafka (No. 791)
Amendment Opposed: State School Study: would prevent closure of institutions -- Reps. Polito and Pedone (No. 416) Review of House W/M 2010 Budget In addition to the restoration or partial restoration of major disability-related line-items, we also thank Chairman Murphy and the Committee for unbundling DDS line-items that made it more difficult and complicated to track funds. Here are the House W-M Budget highlights… Department of Developmental Services: - Respite/Family Support, 5920-3000, restored
- Employment/Day, 5920-2025, reduced by $7.45 Million (see amendment above)
- Turning 22, 5920-5000, funded at $7.7 Million but language is needed for 2011 Annualization of $18.6 Million (see amendment above)
- Transportation account, 5911-2000, $3.6 million underfunded (did not have its 2009 increase annualized, see amendment above)
- Community Residential, 5920-2000, nearly level-funded (note that it includes T-22 annualization and Rolland Settlement)
- Facility, 5930-1000, reduced $25.4 Million
- Administration, 5911-1003, reduced $1 Million relative to H1
- DESE-DMR, 7061-0012 (5920-5948 DDS), restored to $10 Million
Mass. Rehabilitation Commission - Extended Employment for individuals with significant disabilities, 4120-3000, significantly restored ($4.9 Million) from H1
Other Line Items affecting individuals with disabilities Community First, 4000-0650, $16 Million ($40 M. in House 1 errata) Early Intervention, 4513-1020, reduction of $9,245,105 (see amendment above) Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC), 1107-2501, underfunded $71,500 (see amendment above) Dental Health Services for people with disabilities, 4512-0500, appears to be restored but waiting for confirmation
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| FY10 House Ways & Means Budget |
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| Line Item |
Description |
Final FY09 Budget |
Revised FY09 (post 9-C cuts) |
FY10 Gov's House 1 Budget |
Gov's Updated FY10 House 1 Proposal |
FY10 House Ways & Means Budget |
FY10 Ways & Means Bottom Line |
Arc-sponsored Amendments |
| Release Date |
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8/1 |
10/15 |
1/28 |
3/25 |
4/15 |
4/15 |
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| 5911-1003 |
Administration & Operations |
$73,562,067 |
71,827,558 |
$68,224,506 |
$68,224,506 |
$67,849,708 |
-$1,000,000 |
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| 5911-2000 |
Transportation |
$14,137,324 |
14,137,324 |
House 1 consolidated three line-items into new 5911-2000 below |
$13,560,140 |
-$3,600,000 |
Peisch |
| 5920-2025 |
Day/Employment |
$129,159,457 |
$129,009,457 |
$122,669,711 |
-$7,447,480 |
Scibak |
| 5920-3000 |
Family Supports |
$56,094,228 |
$56,044,228 |
$55,454,715 |
Restored |
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| 5911-2000 |
Community Programs (consolidated) |
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$146,869,768 |
$169,369,768 |
N/A |
N/A |
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| 5920-2000 |
Community Residential |
$569,561,352 |
569,186,352 |
House 1 consolidated four line-items into new 5920-2000 below |
$616,259,640 |
-$1,290,000 |
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| 5920-2006 |
Residential Rate Initiative |
$2,000,000 |
$2,000,000 |
$0 |
-$2,000,000 |
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| 5920-2010 |
State Operated Community |
$137,437,683 |
$137,437,683 |
$140,226,885 |
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| 5920-2020 |
Boulet/Waiting List |
$87,971,902 |
$87,971,902 |
$88,027,205 |
Level-funded |
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| 5920-2000 |
Residential and State Operated Programs (consolidated) |
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$852,653,066 |
$852,653,066 |
N/A |
N/A |
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| 5920-3010 |
Autism Division |
$6,264,413 |
$4,461,913 |
$3,717,509 |
$3,717,509 |
$4,460,244 |
Significantly restored |
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| 5920-5000 |
Turning 22 |
$7,700,000 |
$7,700,000 |
$7,700,000 |
$7,700,000 |
$7,700,000 |
Level-funded (needs annualization) |
Harkins ($18.6 annualization) |
| 5930-1000 |
State Schools |
$187,545,814 |
$184,526,870 |
$166,355,936 |
$166,355,936 |
$154,081,427 |
-$25,400,000 |
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| 5948-0012 |
DESE/DDS (7061-0012) |
$10,000,000 |
$6,500,000 |
$6,500,000 |
$6,500,000 |
$10,000,000 |
Restored |
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| 5982-1000 |
Templeton Retained |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
Level-funded |
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| TOTAL |
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$1,281,584,240 |
$1,270,953,287 |
$1,252,170,785 |
$1,274,670,785 |
$1,280,439,675 |
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| Non-DMR Budget Items |
| 4120-3000 |
MRC Extended Employment |
$8,561,446 |
$7,442,446 |
$0 |
$0 |
$4,961,987 |
Significantly restored |
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| 1599-1601 |
EOHHS Salary Reserve |
$23,000,000 |
$23,000,000 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
-$23,000,000 |
Khan, Coakley-Rivera, St. Fleur |
| 4000-0650 |
Community First Initiative |
$20,000,000 |
$6,500,000 |
$20,000,000 |
$40,000,000 |
$16,000,000 |
-$24,000,000 |
Keenan ($3 mill) |
| 4513-1010 |
Early Intervention |
$6,500,000 |
$6,500,000 |
Level-funded |
Level-funded |
Level-funded |
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| 4513-1020 |
Early Intervention |
$42,936,049 |
$41,810,049 |
Level-funded |
Level-funded |
$23,054,895 |
-$9,245,105 |
Kafka |
| 1107-2501 |
DPPC |
$2,328,012 |
$2,328,012 |
$2,222,665 |
$2,222,665 |
$2,328,012 |
-$71,500 |
Calter |
| 4512-0500 |
Dental Health Services |
$3,147,016 |
$2,478,340 |
$0 |
$0 |
$1,852,143 |
Unclear |
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| NOTES |
| Consolidation: In House W-M budget, line-items are no longer consolidated; they are back to FY09 budget configuration. |
| DESE/DDS: Program is again in 7061-0012 with circuit breaker, but note that line-item shows up in both DESE and DDS. |
| MRC Extended Employment Program: In Governor's House 1 budget, MRC EEP line-item was consolidated with 4120-4000, 4120-4010, 4120-5000 (This consolidation put at risk all funding for program). In House W-M budget, the designated line-item is broken out again. |
| Turning 22: DDS receives more than 600 graduates annually from special education programs who need T22 services. Education funding ends but need for services continues. |
| Rolland funding and Community First Waiver: Funding (4000-0700) reflect transfers of funding from institutional service accounts. |
| Early Intervention: Some of EI funding in W-M budget is picked up in MassHealth line-item, 4000-0700, but not enough. |
| Dental Health Services: Historically, only part of line-item targeted to people with ID/DD. In House W-M budget, while bottom line is down, language suggests funding for disabled population may be in tact. |
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