Here’s a summary of some of the budget requests that were made by state agency directors for the upcoming fiscal year:
Department of Health Services
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Seeks increased compensation for “key” positions to reduce turnover & vacancy rates. No dollar figure is attached.
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Requests an increase of $4.1 M lump sum from Health Licensing Fund & ongoing Radiation Regulation appropriation increase of $600,000 from Health Service Licensing Fund to cover administrative expenditures & ongoing growth & workload for Licensing Division.
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Asks for $550,000 from the General Fund for an “administrative shortfall” at the Arizona State Hospital.
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Requests $500,000 from the ADHS Indirect Fund for the public health emergency fund.
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Seeks $200,000 from the Land Fund to pay for higher costs for services at the State Hospital for pharmacy, dietary, EHR, housekeeping, etc.
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Asks for an appropriation increase of $600,000 from the Newborn Screening Fund to cover administrative costs.
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Asking for a $240,000 in state general funds for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (under a cooperative agreement with CDC).
AHCCCS
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Requesting a net increase of $44.7 M over the current year.
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Seeks an overall acute capitation rate increase of 1.9% over the blended rates from the prior year
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Asks for overall weighted capitation rate increase of 2.5% over baseline across all populations.
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Anticipates the FMAP rate (federal matching rate percentage) for the acute traditional members of 69.48%
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Includes a $7.9M dollar figure if state law is modified to prevent freezing KidsCare (because of the reduction in federal payments (FMAP) moving from the current 100% to 90% beginning October 1, 2019)
AZ Department of Economic Security
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Requests $41.6 M in increased funding to help providers cover some of the costs that providers of services for folks with developmental disabilities to cover costs for the coming increase in the minimum wage next fiscal year.
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Pursues use of federal Child Care Development Block Grant of $55.8 M (OF) which would allow child care rates to increase from 2000 to 2010 market rate and serve an additional 5,000 children
