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Department of Mental Health presents BAA adjustments; PNMI rate setting and utilization drive higher costs
Summary
Shannon Thompson, finance director for the Vermont Department of Mental Health, and Commissioner Emily Hawes briefed committee members on BAA items including service‑agreement adjustments, transfers to DCF, a federal‑authority request, and rising PNMI costs driven by new rate setting and longer lengths of stay.
Shannon Thompson, finance director for the Vermont Department of Mental Health, and Emily Hawes, commissioner, briefed committee members on a series of budget adjustment (BAA) items that include Agency of Digital Services service agreements, transfers of programs back to the Department for Children and Families (DCF), additional federal spending authority, and increased costs for private nonmedical institutions (PNMIs) that provide youth residential care.
Thompson described several line items in the BAA packet: an initial redistribution of Agency of Digital Services funding and two service agreement adjustments ($62,202 and $129,772 respectively), a $739,000 transfer of parent‑child center funding back to DCF, and a request to add roughly $1,100,000 of federal spending authority so the agency can record and spend multiple federal grants…
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