Chapter 892 Oregon Laws 2001

AN ACT

SB 5527

Relating to state financial administration; appropriating money; limiting expenditures; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. There is appropriated to the Department of Human Services, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the General Fund, the amount of $2,499,024,746 to be expended for:

(1) Economic Independence and

Family Stability Services

as follows:

(a) Adult and Family

Services................................. $ 187,501,252

(b) Services to Children

and Families.......................... $ 231,488,325

(c) Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Programs.............................. $ 32,896,341

(d) Vocational Rehabilitation

Programs.............................. $ 13,827,972

(2) Health Services as follows:

(a) Public Health Programs...... $ 30,483,610

(b) Mental Health Services........ $ 375,946,880

(c) Medical Assistance

Programs.............................. $ 734,455,820

(3) Long Term Care and Developmental

Disability Services as follows:

(a) Senior and Disabled

Services................................. $ 517,339,315

(b) Developmental Disability

Services................................. $ 368,632,369

(4) Director’s Office................... $ 6,452,862

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $7,145,478 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, as the maximum limit for the payment of expenses from lottery moneys allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs for gambling addiction treatment and prevention.

SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $874,119,108 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, as the maximum limit for the payment of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, tobacco tax receipts and Medicare receipts and federal funds for indirect cost recovery, collected or received by the Department of Human Services for:

(1) Economic Independence and

Family Stability Services

as follows:

(a) Adult and Family

Services................................. $ 128,468,126

(b) Services to Children

and Families.......................... $ 32,582,324

(c) Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Programs.............................. $ 15,182,600

(d) Vocational Rehabilitation

Programs.............................. $ 2,907,981

(2) Health Services as follows:

(a) Public Health Programs...... $ 61,346,755

(b) Mental Health Services........ $ 59,640,181

(c) Medical Assistance

Programs.............................. $ 326,386,036

(3) Long Term Care and Developmental

Disability Services as follows:

(a) Senior and Disabled

Services................................. $ 84,233,391

(b) Developmental Disability

Services................................. $ 43,625,290

(4) Director’s Office,

Department-wide

Support Services.................. $ 119,746,424

SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $4,349,830,109 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, as the maximum limit for the payment of expenses from federal funds, collected or received by the Department of Human Services for:

(1) Economic Independence and

Family Stability Services

as follows:

(a) Adult and Family

Services................................. $ 442,331,743

(b) Services to Children

and Families.......................... $ 340,006,853

(c) Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Programs.............................. $ 57,700,890

(d) Vocational Rehabilitation

Programs.............................. $ 102,027,324

(2) Health Services as follows:

(a) Public Health Programs...... $ 131,951,932

(b) Mental Health Services........ $ 304,491,311

(c) Medical Assistance

Programs.............................. $ 1,756,750,786

(3) Long Term Care and

Developmental Disability

Services as follows:

(a) Senior and Disabled

Services................................. $ 778,555,837

(b) Developmental Disability

Services................................. $ 412,857,158

(4) Director’s Office,

Department-wide

Support Services.................. $ 23,156,275

SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $124,000,000 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses from moneys transferred to the Department of Human Services from the Tobacco Settlement Funds Account established by section 1, chapter 977, Oregon Laws 2001 (Enrolled House Bill 2450), for Medical Assistance Programs.

SECTION 6. Sections 3 and 4 of this 2001 Act do not limit, affect or apply to expenditures for Women, Infant and Children Nutrition Program food vouchers, federal food stamp benefit payments and Community Health Insurance Program reimbursable drug purchases.

SECTION 7. This 2001 Act does not prohibit the Department of Human Services from transferring funds and expenditure limitations among programs identified in a single subsection of section 1, 3 or 4 of this 2001 Act or, for Mental Health and Developmental Disability Services programs identified in section 1 (2) and (3), 3 (2) and (3), 4 (2) and (3) or 6 of this 2001 Act.

SECTION 8. Notwithstanding ORS 411.010 and 413.029, the funds appropriated by this 2001 Act may not be used to meet the costs of burials, except for persons in the care and custody of the Department of Human Services.

SECTION 9. (1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropriated to the Emergency Board, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the General Fund, the amount of $32,689,324 for allocation to the Department of Human Services for the following purposes:

(a) Developmental Disability

Services for a state-operated

crisis group home or alternative

services for developmentally

disabled adults in the 2002-

2003 fiscal year..................... $ 317,124

(b) Developmental Disability

Services for community

program costs in the 2002-2003

fiscal year for the plan for

universal access to services

for people with developmental

disabilities.............................. $ 19,172,200

(c) Medical Assistance Programs

for unfunded caseload growth

or unrealized savings from

implementation of

prescription drug cost

containment measures......... $ 6,700,000

(d) Medical Assistance Programs

for safety net clinics............. $ 2,200,000

(e) Adult and Family Services

for potential caseload

issues...................................... $ 4,300,000

(2) If any of the moneys described in subsection (1) of this section are not allocated by the Emergency Board for the purposes described in subsection (1) of this section prior to November 1, 2002, such unallocated moneys on that date become available for any other purpose for which the Emergency Board may lawfully allocate funds.

SECTION 10. Notwithstanding any other law, all sections of this 2001 Act are subject to Oregon Department of Administrative Services rules related to allotting, controlling and encumbering funds.

SECTION 11. This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect July 1, 2001.

Approved by the Governor July 31, 2001

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 31, 2001

Effective date July 31, 2001

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