284#14h (VDA) Expand Statewide Funding for No Wrong Door. HB30 - Member Request

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2008 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Crockett-Stark
Co-Patron(s): Nutter
Expand Statewide Funding for No Wrong Door

Item 284 #14h

Item 284 #14h	First Year - FY2009	Second Year - FY2010
Health And Human Resources
Aging, Department for the	FY2009 $3,500,000	FY2010 $3,500,000	GF

Language
Page 255, line 45, strike "$30,168,128" and insert "$33,668,128".
Page 255, line 45, strike "$30,168,128" and insert "$33,668,128".
Page 257, after line 35, insert:
"N. Out of this appropriation, $3,500,000 the first year and $3,500,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided on an equal basis to each area agency on aging to continue development of the No Wrong Door initiative in the catchment areas served by each area agency on aging. Area agencies on aging are hereby designated the lead local agency in their catchment areas for implementing No Wrong Door."

Explanation
(This amendment provides $3.5 million from the general fund each year to increase funding for the No Wrong Door Initiative by $140,000 at each area agency on aging. The No Wrong Door system is designed to improve statewide access to long-term care services for the elderly. The system will provide a computerized uniform assessment instrument to screen the elderly for state long-term care services and a web portal which will allow sharing of this information by multiple state agencies. Language is added confirming that the area agencies on aging are the lead local agency in their catchment areas for implementing the No Wrong Door system.)

Item 284

Item 284	First Year - FY2009	Second Year - FY2010
Individual Care Services (45500)	$30,168,128	$30,168,128
Financial Assistance for Local Services to the Elderly (45504)	FY2009 $28,306,346	FY2010 $28,306,346
Rights and Protection for the Elderly (45506)	FY2009 $1,861,782	FY2010 $1,861,782
Fund Sources:
General	FY2009 $12,232,416	FY2010 $12,232,416
Special	FY2009 $100,000	FY2010 $100,000
Federal Trust	FY2009 $17,835,712	FY2010 $17,835,712

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

A.1. Out of this appropriation, $536,716 the first year and $536,716 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to continue a statewide Respite Care Initiative program for the elderly and persons suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.

2. Out of this appropriation, $320,334 the first year and $320,334 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 from the general fund shall be provided 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, $75,050 the first year and $75,050 the second year from the general fund shall be provided 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, $140,613 the first year and $140,613 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to support adult day care services at the Oxbow Center in Wise County.

D. Out of this appropriation, $50,925 the first year and $50,925 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for the Norfolk Senior Center.

E. Out of this appropriation, $19,002 the first year and $19,002 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for the Korean Intergenerational and Multi-purpose Senior Center.

F. Out of this appropriation, $93,109 the first year and $93,109 the second year from the general fund shall be provided from the general fund for the Jewish Family Service of Tidewater.

G. Out of this appropriation, $76,008 the first year and $76,008 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for a companion care program to be administered by Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc.

H. Out of this appropriation, $346,569 the first year and $346,569 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for the Pharmacy Connect Program in Southwest Virginia, administered by Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc.

I. Out of this appropriation, $21,113 the first year and $21,113 the second year from the general fund shall be provided 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, $237,500 the first year and $237,500 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to support the distribution of comprehensive health and aging information to Virginia's senior population, their families and caregivers.

K. Out of this appropriation, $370,500 the first year and $370,500 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to Bay Aging. Of these amounts, $85,500 the first year and $85,500 the second year shall be used to address unmet local needs and $285,000 the first year and $285,000 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.