The department's mission includes overseeing operation of the Utah State Veterans' Nursing Homes in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Ivins, and Payson. This entails management of a contractual arrangement for the operation of the nursing homes and assuring that all federal and state regulations for the provision of nursing home health care services are met.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $0 from all sources for Nursing Home. This is a 0 percent change from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources.
Until the 2014 G.S. this program had an ongoing General Fund appropriation of $467,400. During the 2014 G.S. the Legislature determined that costs of the four nursing home administrators could be funded from the Veterans' Nursing Home Fund and reallocated the General Fund to other programs in the department. The Legislature reallocated the $467,400 as follows: $383,400 to Outreach Services (with $74,600 to be used to hire a Veterans' Services Coordinator for Southern Utah); and $84,000 to the Military Affairs program. No state appropriations are required for nursing home operations.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.