280#1h (VDA) Funding for No Wrong Door Pilot Projects. HB1650 - Member Request

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2007 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1650 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Hamilton
Funding for No Wrong Door Pilot Projects

Item 280 #1h

Item 280 #1h	First Year - FY2007	Second Year - FY2008
Health And Human Resources
Aging, Department for the	FY2007 $0	FY2008 $600,000	GF

Language
Page 291, line 46, strike "$30,806,751" and insert "$31,406,751".
Page 293, after line 43, insert:
"N. Out of this appropriation, $600,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to up to six local Area Agencies on Aging who are selected to to implement the "No Wrong Door" system."

Explanation
(This amendment provides funding in the second year for local Area Agencies on Aging who are selected as pilot projects to implement the "No Wrong Door" system in the Commonwealth. While the introduced budget provided funding for the department to implement the system, no funding was provided to assist local agencies involved in piloting the program in changing their business practices to implement the system. The "No Wrong Door" system is a web-based portal which will be designed to improve statewide access to long-term care services for the elderly. It is anticipated that local AAAs will serve as a one-stop shop to provide information and referral, as well as screen and assist individuals with eligibility for long-term care services.)

Item 280

Item 280	First Year - FY2007	Second Year - FY2008
Individual Care Services (45500)	$30,806,751	$30,806,751
Financial Assistance for Local Services to the Elderly (45504)	FY2007 $28,925,261	FY2008 $28,925,261
Rights and Protection for the Elderly (45506)	FY2007 $1,881,490	FY2008 $1,881,490
Fund Sources:
General	FY2007 $12,871,039	FY2008 $12,871,039
Special	FY2007 $100,000	FY2008 $100,000
Federal Trust	FY2007 $17,835,712	FY2008 $17,835,712

Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 7, Code of Virginia.

A.1. Out of this appropriation, $564,964 the first year and $564,964 the second year shall be provided from the general fund to continue a statewide Respite Care Initiative program for the elderly and persons suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.

2. Out of this appropriation, $391,691 the first year and $391,691 the second year from the general fund shall be transferred to the Virginia Respite Care Grant Fund authorized by §2.2-716, Code of Virginia, to provide grants to community respite care organizations.

B.1. Out of this appropriation, $923,000 the first year and $923,000 the second year shall be provided from the general fund to support local programs of the Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program. Up to $5,000 of this appropriation each year may be used for activities of the Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program Advisory Board, including but not limited to, paying expenses for the members to attend four meetings per year.

2. Out of this appropriation, $79,000 the first year and $79,000 the second year shall be provided from the general fund for the administration of the public guardianship programs and for no other purpose.

3. Out of this appropriation, $132,000 the first year and $132,000 the second year from the general fund shall be used to expand services through the Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program to individuals with mental illness and/or mental retardation who are 18 years of age and older.

C. Out of this appropriation, $148,014 the first year and $148,014 the second year shall be provided from the general fund to support adult day care services at the Oxbow Center in Wise County.

D. Out of this appropriation, $53,605 the first year and $53,605 the second year shall be provided from the general fund for the Norfolk Senior Center.

E. Out of this appropriation, $20,002 the first year and $20,002 the second year shall be provided from the general fund for the Korean Intergenerational and Multi-purpose Senior Center.

F. Out of this appropriation, $98,009 the first year and $98,009 the second year shall be provided from the general fund for the Jewish Family Service of Tidewater.

G. Out of this appropriation, $80,008 the first year and $80,008 the second year shall be provided from the general fund for a companion care program to be administered by Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc., the evaluation of which shall incorporate the use of performance measures.

H. Out of this appropriation, $364,809 the first year and $364,809 the second year shall be provided from the general fund for the Pharmacy Connect Program in Southwest Virginia, administered by Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc.

I. Out of this appropriation, $22,224 the first year and $22,224 the second year shall be provided from the general fund for the development of adult day care services to be managed by Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc. and the Junction Center for Independent Living, Inc.

J. Out of this appropriation, $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the second year shall be provided from the general fund to support the distribution of comprehensive health and aging information to Virginia's senior population, their families and caregivers.

K. Out of this appropriation, $390,000 the first year and $390,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to Bay Aging. Of these amounts, $90,000 the first year and $90,000 the second year shall be used to address unmet local needs and $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the second year from the general fund shall be used to supplement private donations and other resources for Adult Day Break Services provided by Bay Aging in partnership with local churches.

L. Out of this appropriation, $1,268,734 the first year and $1,268,734 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to Area Agencies on Aging against losses due to the application of population data from the 2000 decennial census. The Commissioner, Virginia Department for the Aging, shall distribute these funds in compliance with the Funding Formula Task Force recommendation, House Document 63 (2005).

M. The Peninsula Agency on Aging shall be authorized to use funding provided for care coordination for the elderly to conduct a pilot program providing mobile, brief intervention and service linking as a form of care coordination. The Agency shall report on the pilot project including the design of the program, the cost of the program, staffing, the number of individuals served and the impact on overall care of individuals in the program. The Agency shall report on the pilot program to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by November 1, 2007.