Financing Mental-Health Services in the State of New York: An Update

THE FINAL LEGISLATION ON MENTAL HYGIENE FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN JUNE, 1973. IN THIS BILL, OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES FOR MENTAL-HEALTH SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF A COUNTY, EXCEPT FOR ALL PATIENTS IN STATE HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS OVER FIVE YEARS, ARE SHARED BETWEEN COUNTY AND STATE...

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Published in:Operations research 1974-03, Vol.22 (2), p.292-294
Main Authors: Bodin, Lawrence D., Carroll, T. Owen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Cognitive models
Expenditures
Funding
Government spending
Health services
Letter to the Editor
Mental health
Modeling
Per capita
Political processes
Services
State government
Subsidies
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Summary:THE FINAL LEGISLATION ON MENTAL HYGIENE FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN JUNE, 1973. IN THIS BILL, OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES FOR MENTAL-HEALTH SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF A COUNTY, EXCEPT FOR ALL PATIENTS IN STATE HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS OVER FIVE YEARS, ARE SHARED BETWEEN COUNTY AND STATE AS FOLLOWS. EACH COUNTY RECEIVES AN INITIAL ALLOWANCE OF $10 PER CAPITA ON THE FIRST 100,000 RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY AND $5 PER CAPITA ABOVE 100,000 NET EXPENDITURES ABOVE THE PER CAPITA ALLOWANCE ARE SUPPORTED BY 20% COUNTY FUNDS AND 80% STATE FUNDS UNTIL EXPENDITURES REACH $13 PER CAPITA. BEYOND THIS POINT, THE FUNDING RATIO CHANGES TO 35% COUNTY AND 65% STATE FUNDS. THE INTENT OF THE MODEL PRESENTED IN THIS ARTICLE AND THE LEGISLATION BASED ON THIS MODEL IS TO STIMULATE THE GROWTH OF COMMUNITY MENTAL-HEALTH FACILITIES THROUGH THE USE OF THE POPULATION CREDIT AND THE 20-80 RATIO.
ISSN:0030-364X
1526-5463
DOI:10.1287/opre.22.2.292