Compendium of Budget Information for the 2012 General Session

Social Services
Appropriations Subcommittee
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Agency: Human Services

Function

The Department of Human Services administers a variety of social services programs for the State of Utah. The Department includes the divisions of Executive Director Operations, Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Services for People with Disabilities, Aging and Adult Services, Office of Recovery Services, Child and Family Services, and Juvenile Justice Services (DJJS - formerly Youth Corrections). While DJJS is part of the Department of Human Services, its budget is reviewed in the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee. For that reason, the DJJS budget and related issues are not summarized here. The Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health also oversees the treatment portion of the Drug Courts and the Drug Offender Reform Act (DORA) program. Programs within the divisions of Aging and Adult Services and Substance Abuse and Mental Health are operated at the local county level.

Statutory Authority

The Department of Human Services is established and functions under authority of Title 62A of the Utah Code.

  • UCA 62A-1-102 creates the Department of Human Services and broadly outlines its purposes.
  • UCA 62A-1-107 describes creation and purposes of state boards within the department.
  • UCA 62A-1-111 lists the department's authority.
  • UCA 62A-1-112 and UCA 62A-1-114 outline the department's role as the State agency overseeing federal social service programs.

Performance

The Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst completed an in-depth budget review of the Department of Human Services in November, 2010. As part of that review, a five year history of each agency's output and outcome measures was documented on pages 65 through 74 of Appendix 3 of the report. An update of these output and outcome measures will also be provided during the 2012 General Session of the Legislature.

Special Funds

As indicated in the above table, the department also draws funds from several General Fund restricted accounts, as appropriated by the Legislature. These restricted accounts include:

  • Children's Account: UCA 62A-4a-309 - $3 surcharge on birth certificates and private contributions assessed at UCA 26-2-12.5 to provide abuse prevention programs

  • Victims of Domestic Violence Services Account: UCA 51-9-406 - 4.0 percent of surcharges on court fines and penalties to provide domestic violence services

  • Intoxicated Drivers Rehabilitation Account: UCA 62A-15-502, 62A-15-503, and UCA 51-9-407 - 7.5 percent surcharge on court fines and penalties to provide education, intervention, and treatment of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) drivers

  • Tobacco Settlement Account: UCA 51-9-201 - tobacco settlement payments for drug court treatment services

  • Account for People with Disabilities: UCA 63A-5-220 - sale and lease of real property at Utah State Developmental Center where the lease payment receipts and the interest on the principal may be appropriated for disabilities-related programs identified in UCA 62A-5

  • Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force Restricted Account: - Senate Bill 48 in the 2011 General Session established the Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force within the Division of Aging and Adult Services. S.B. 48 also created the Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force Restricted Account and provided that the task force not go into effect until at least $25,000 had been deposited into the account. The bill also required the task force to complete its duties and submit a report on its finding and recommendations to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee on or before its November 2011 meeting.

Funding Detail

The difference between 2009 Closing Nonlapsing and 2010 Beginning Nonlapsing is a one-time adjustment associated with 2009 Legislative intent language directing the department to terminate its data processing internal service fund and transfer any remaining assets to the Executive Director Operations line item.

For analysis of current budget requests and discussion of issues related to budgets covered by this subcommittee click here.

Sources of Finance
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Approp
General Fund $284,493,300 $275,622,400 $263,570,300 $269,800,400 $275,726,800
General Fund, One-time $1,330,100 ($5,834,400) ($18,474,200) $2,156,500 $1,793,100
Federal Funds $117,637,600 $122,083,600 $113,919,800 $108,788,500 $124,400,700
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act $0 $19,437,800 $31,193,900 $20,375,200 $0
Dedicated Credits Revenue $12,150,900 $12,195,900 $11,833,100 $11,662,300 $10,786,700
GFR - Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force $0 $0 $0 $20,900 $0
GFR - Children's Account $400,000 $400,000 $900,000 $400,000 $400,000
GFR - Choose Life Adoption Support Account $0 $0 $0 $0 $25,000
GFR - Domestic Violence $754,100 $840,700 $1,940,700 $840,700 $959,500
GFR - Intoxicated Driver Rehab $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000
GFR - Tobacco Settlement $1,647,200 $1,647,200 $2,166,300 $2,325,400 $2,325,400
GFR - Account for People with Disabilities $100,000 $100,000 $481,900 $100,000 $100,000
DHS DP ISF $0 $119,900 $0 $0 $0
Transfers - Child Nutrition $0 $64,100 $73,900 $71,600 $74,000
Transfers - Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice $166,000 $92,800 $242,200 $317,000 $0
Transfers - Medicaid $160,303,000 $171,974,800 $173,039,500 $146,665,200 $143,680,500
Transfers - Other Agencies $2,992,300 $1,029,400 $1,104,200 $1,208,900 $881,700
Transfers - Within Agency $0 $845,900 $623,400 $363,100 $517,100
Beginning Nonlapsing $9,095,800 $10,290,800 $7,818,400 $3,896,400 $369,000
Closing Nonlapsing ($10,290,800) ($7,809,500) ($3,896,400) ($8,141,300) ($292,600)
Lapsing Balance ($1,159,700) ($2,845,900) ($11,122,800) ($2,017,000) $0
Total
$581,119,800
$601,755,500
$576,914,200
$560,333,800
$563,246,900
 
Line Items
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Approp
Executive Director Operations $22,231,600 $17,270,800 $15,530,900 $15,274,600 $16,030,300
Substance Abuse & Mental Health $129,617,400 $135,052,700 $128,467,400 $126,196,100 $132,246,700
Mental Health Therapist Grant $0 $8,100 $0 $0 $0
Services for People w/ Disabilities $191,746,300 $206,168,900 $203,799,200 $199,380,800 $195,275,400
Office of Recovery Services $50,688,700 $50,320,500 $48,734,600 $45,973,300 $43,362,300
Child and Family Services $162,819,600 $168,198,800 $157,246,400 $150,972,700 $155,785,300
Aging and Adult Services $24,016,200 $24,735,700 $23,135,700 $22,536,300 $20,546,900
Total
$581,119,800
$601,755,500
$576,914,200
$560,333,800
$563,246,900
 
Categories of Expenditure
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Approp
Personnel Services $203,002,300 $208,038,800 $191,234,000 $181,731,600 $179,680,000
In-state Travel $1,604,100 $1,020,100 $674,500 $647,200 $2,892,200
Out-of-state Travel $279,900 $175,600 $70,300 $99,500 $110,700
Current Expense $54,479,400 $53,270,200 $49,841,300 $46,700,800 $48,729,000
DP Current Expense $22,292,400 $18,277,400 $19,556,200 $19,991,100 $17,164,500
DP Capital Outlay $106,200 $185,000 $8,300 $243,200 $52,300
Capital Outlay $346,200 $55,500 $195,900 $144,800 $50,000
Other Charges/Pass Thru $299,009,300 $320,732,900 $315,333,700 $310,775,600 $314,568,200
Total
$581,119,800
$601,755,500
$576,914,200
$560,333,800
$563,246,900
 
Other Indicators
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Approp
Budgeted FTE 3,520.6 3,463.8 3,455.7 3,245.6 3,128.0
Actual FTE 3,520.4 3,464.8 3,203.5 2,998.0 0.0
Vehicles 395 351 350 339 350






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