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HJM 60a/HGUAC |
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ANALYST |
Geisler |
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Additional Impact |
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FY05 |
FY04 |
FY05 |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Human Services Department (HSD)
Department of Health (DOH)
General Services Department (GSD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HGUAC
Amendment
The
House Government and Urban Affairs Committee amendment to HJM 60 adds the
General Services Department and the Corrections Department to the group
examining the feasibility of expanding the capacity for state operated drug
treatment beds by converting underutilized or
vacant
state properties for use as drug treatment facilities.
Synopsis of Original Bill
HJM
60 requests DOH and HSD to examine the feasibility of expanding the capacity for
state operated drug treatment beds by converting underutilized or vacant state
properties for use as drug treatment facilities.
Significant Issues
The Joint Memorial points out that only 64 of 74
state operated beds are currently staffed.
DOH provides that there are another 239 beds available bed at state
supported non-profit residential treatment facilities. HSD provides that drug treatment staffing
issues may be the key hindrance to obtaining adequate treatment resources for
the state’s drug addicts incarcerated for crimes related to their addiction.
DOH
states that GSD is currently in the process of determining the structural
status of all state-owned buildings.
This study could identify those structures that could be transformed
into residential care facilities. However, the Property Control Division of
GSD, statutorily, has the responsibility for determining the use of state owned
property and which governmental agency will reside in a particular
building. The Department of Health is
considered a “tenant” at each of the campuses providing health care services
throughout the state. On certain
campuses, DOH, in addition to being the primary tenant is authorized by GSD as
the “Lead Agency” with the responsibility of providing maintenance support and
collection of the allocations of all expenses for present and future tenants.
GSD provides that it
would welcome the opportunity to review available state
property for this use.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
A increase in funding for
staffing would be needed, and converting vacant properties may be very costly
and may require a significant investment in capital improvements.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
Funding Sources for Persons in State
Institutions
HSD provides that there is a federal exclusion of adults from accessing Medicaid services that are in
“State-run Institutions”. This includes
placement within prisons and state-run Institutions for Mental Disease, such as
WHAT
WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL?
Current efforts to provide drug treatment to the population identified will remain at the same level until further research is performed addressing treatment staff resources as well as treatment facility resources.
AMENDMENTS
HSD recommends that the
Corrections Department be added to the workgroup to research the issues of
access to statewide drug treatment counselors and state property
availability. Projections of the costs
for such treatment services should also be explored.
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