Group: Social Services - Department of Health Agency: Health Function The mission of the Utah Department of Health is to protect the public's health by preventing avoidable illness, injury, disability, and premature death; assuring access to affordable, quality health care; and promoting healthy lifestyles.
The Utah Department of Health lists the following objectives as five of its major goals:
- Implement and integrate public health in health reform.
- Improve working relationships with local health departments.
- Have Utah be a leader in the use and sharing of electronic health information.
- Continue comprehensive and collaborative efforts to address the obesity epidemic.
- Address the prescription drug misuse/abuse and accidental death incidence.
Twelve local health departments cover all areas of the State and provide local public health services. The State utilizes local health departments to administer many of the services required by State law. Significant Factors Impacting the Budget The Utah Department of Health budget is affected by five primary factors. These factors are: - Federal Mandates
- requirements for using federal funds, including entitlement programs
- Enrollment Growth, driven by:
- demographics, especially the aging of the population
- State and federal program changes and funding
- The Utah State Economy, which impacts the:
- federal allocation of funding
- number of qualifying individuals
- Inflationary Factors, including:
- general inflation
- medical inflation
- fuel and transportation costs
- provider personnel expenses
- Program Changes which may increase program costs
Statutory Authority The Utah Department of Health is governed by the Utah Health Code in Title 26 of the Utah Code. - UCA 26-1 authorizes and establishes the Department; authorizes the Health Advisory Council; and outlines the powers and duties of the Department.
- UCA 26-18 creates the Medical Assistance Act, the joint federal/state program that provides healthcare services to select populations, commonly known as 'Medicaid'.
- UCA 26-23 grants enforcement authority and penalty provisions to the Department.
- UCA 26-25 limits the usage of confidential medical information obtained by the Department.
- UCA 26-26 requires institutions to obtain the Department's authorization to obtain impounded animals for scientific and educational activities.
Funding Detail For analysis of current budget requests and discussion of issues related to this budget click here. | Sources of Finance | 2007
Actual | 2008
Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
Actual | 2011
Approp | | General Fund | $337,937,700 | $366,720,600 | $353,377,000 | $324,624,200 | $362,431,700 | | General Fund, One-time | $20,013,600 | $5,670,000 | ($46,639,600) | ($57,963,200) | ($57,703,000) | | Federal Funds | $1,176,874,800 | $1,267,666,400 | $1,352,662,700 | $1,442,568,400 | $1,474,202,300 | | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act | $0 | $0 | $74,154,500 | $113,731,400 | $62,768,900 | | Dedicated Credits Revenue | $107,698,900 | $116,966,100 | $120,212,100 | $134,406,500 | $128,666,800 | | GFR - Autism Treatment Account | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $50,000 | | GFR - Cancer Research Restricted Account | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20,000 | | GFR - Cat & Dog Spay & Neuter | $0 | $50,000 | $66,200 | $80,000 | $80,000 | | GFR - Cigarette Tax Rest | $3,131,700 | $3,131,700 | $3,131,700 | $3,131,700 | $3,131,700 | | GFR - Children's Organ Transplant Trust | $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | | GFR - Medicaid Restricted | $1,995,900 | $4,065,000 | $8,790,900 | $8,396,500 | $1,847,600 | | GFR - Nursing Facility | $11,698,600 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | | GFR - Nursing Care Facilities Account | $0 | $15,716,200 | $15,716,200 | $18,240,300 | $19,506,300 | | GFR - State Lab Drug Testing Account | $293,500 | $407,100 | $418,000 | $417,300 | $420,300 | | GFR - Tobacco Settlement | $16,624,600 | $18,710,700 | $16,768,000 | $20,364,300 | $24,278,100 | | TFR - Dept. of Public Safety Rest. Acct. | $0 | $0 | $0 | $100,000 | $100,000 | | Hospital Provider Assessment Special Revenue Fund | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,000,000 | | Organ Donation Contribution Fund | $113,000 | $113,000 | $113,000 | $113,000 | $113,000 | | Transfers | $0 | $38,813,800 | $1,290,800 | $0 | $904,500 | | Transfers - Environmental Quality | $11,000 | $19,900 | $6,500 | $0 | $0 | | Transfers - Governor's Office Administration | $0 | $245,600 | $185,900 | $96,800 | $0 | | Transfers - Health | $40,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | | Transfers - Human Services | $78,369,200 | $57,195,500 | $70,268,700 | $75,065,700 | $67,213,000 | | Transfers - Intergovernmental | $34,272,000 | ($275,300) | $70,310,000 | $37,504,300 | $27,255,000 | | Transfers - Medicaid | $2,487,100 | $2,090,200 | $0 | $0 | $0 | | Transfers - Other Agencies | $428,900 | $7,914,700 | $2,400 | $792,200 | $0 | | Transfers - Public Safety | $269,500 | $405,800 | $545,900 | $516,900 | $354,800 | | Transfers - State Office of Education | $0 | $15,200 | $0 | $16,800 | $0 | | Transfers - Within Agency | $25,418,800 | $39,977,300 | $16,049,000 | $14,063,300 | $16,066,900 | | Transfers - Workforce Services | $1,041,000 | $3,110,200 | $28,325,700 | $29,539,900 | $27,334,600 | | Transfers - Youth Corrections | $0 | $0 | $5,926,800 | $0 | $3,552,900 | | Rural Health Care Facilities Fund | $0 | $277,500 | $277,500 | $0 | $0 | | Pass-through | $0 | $0 | $2,611,100 | ($502,700) | $27,100 | | Beginning Nonlapsing | $9,242,000 | $4,688,700 | $6,892,600 | $11,593,100 | $1,700,000 | | Closing Nonlapsing | ($16,256,100) | ($6,892,600) | ($11,593,100) | ($20,426,300) | ($1,292,500) | | Lapsing Balance | ($657,100) | ($14,477,400) | ($1,546,300) | ($3,993,600) | $0 | | Total | $1,811,148,600 | $1,932,425,900 | $2,088,424,200 | $2,152,576,800 | $2,165,130,000 |
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| | Line Items | 2007
Actual | 2008
Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
Actual | 2011
Approp | | Executive Director's Operations | $11,373,400 | $12,238,400 | $12,803,800 | $12,881,300 | $17,081,500 | | Family Health and Preparedness | $109,189,200 | $118,879,200 | $117,365,200 | $128,828,300 | $121,644,300 | | Disease Control and Prevention | $41,861,800 | $45,364,500 | $46,884,200 | $47,044,400 | $60,750,300 | | Workforce Financial Assistance | $477,600 | $517,600 | $560,000 | $325,200 | $170,100 | | Health Care Financing | $107,492,700 | $117,295,400 | $114,719,500 | $100,307,100 | $113,912,700 | | Medicaid Management Information System Replacement | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $24,577,600 | | Medical Assistance | $1,486,153,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | | Medicaid Mandatory Services | $0 | $806,844,200 | $898,735,200 | $976,642,400 | $897,871,000 | | Medicaid Optional Services | $0 | $771,059,100 | $824,560,100 | $807,236,800 | $846,079,800 | | Medicaid Sanctions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,048,900 | | Children's Health Insurance Program | $52,508,700 | $57,545,900 | $70,299,200 | $77,001,600 | $79,871,400 | | Local Health Departments | $2,092,200 | $2,681,600 | $2,497,000 | $2,309,700 | $2,122,400 | | Total | $1,811,148,600 | $1,932,425,900 | $2,088,424,200 | $2,152,576,800 | $2,165,130,000 |
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| | Categories of Expenditure | 2007
Actual | 2008
Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
Actual | 2011
Approp | | Personnel Services | $79,994,400 | $71,127,100 | $74,126,100 | $71,092,500 | $72,751,900 | | In-state Travel | $754,300 | $731,400 | $688,600 | $582,600 | $741,900 | | Out-of-state Travel | $665,100 | $663,200 | $528,500 | $481,600 | $518,700 | | Current Expense | $73,027,700 | $57,092,100 | $52,036,200 | $72,148,200 | $56,469,300 | | DP Current Expense | $13,845,100 | $14,823,800 | $14,211,500 | $13,861,800 | $14,054,700 | | DP Capital Outlay | $485,900 | $189,500 | $106,500 | $59,800 | $8,200 | | Capital Outlay | $399,300 | $926,700 | $614,900 | $1,137,300 | $100,000 | | Other Charges/Pass Thru | $1,641,976,800 | $1,786,872,100 | $1,946,111,900 | $1,993,213,000 | $2,020,485,300 | | Total | $1,811,148,600 | $1,932,425,900 | $2,088,424,200 | $2,152,576,800 | $2,165,130,000 |
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| | Other Indicators | 2007
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Actual | 2011
Approp | | Budgeted FTE | 1,218.1 | 1,049.4 | 978.4 | 1,006.2 | 1,012.7 | | Vehicles | 65 | 67 | 64 | 62 | 64 |
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