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FEB 2 71990 Bou 69 FACE 422 STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES February 12, 1990 Ivor Groves, Ph.D. Assistant Secretary Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health 1317 Winewood.Boulevard Tallahassee, Florida 32399 Dear Dr. Groves: Due to recent events that have reflected less than optimal communication between the State Program Office and District 9, we are writing -to you to confirm that there is unanimous agreement among us as to: 1) The number of appropriated CSU beds, by agency and the funds related to them. 2) The number of unappropriated beds providing crisis stabilization services that receive less than $113/daV. 3) The amount of funds needed by this District to bring all unappropriated beds to $113 a day. Please see the attached agreed upon analysis: We believe that if we are all consistently operating off the same information base, we will be much more effective in persuading the Legislature to continue funding special Baker Act price level increases. Due to the omission of the inpatient beds providing crisis stabilization services at 45th Street from the calculations sent to the Legislature and subsequently used to divide the price level increase between the Districts, this District was shorted approximately $200,000. We are proud of the planning and foresight that resulted in this District having nearly enough.crisis stabilization services to meet our needs and significantly reduce State Hospitalization for District 9 clients. However, if all of our beds are not included in price level increases, we will have beds closed and the crisis we are in with South Florida State Hospital will become unmanageable for us all. We request.that this data and only this data be used to make any calculations, predictions, etc. about crisis stabilization services in our District, and that we receive copies of all Program Office communication with the Legislature about the crisis stabilization needs of District 9. We also request that any figures currently being used with the Legislature be revised as necessary to reflect the total number of unappropriated beds in District 9 eligible for price level increase as stated herein. Further, if there are any lapsed Baker Act funds statewide, we would hope that these funds could be allocated to District 9 to bring our rate per day for unappropriated beds closer to the current state average. Recognizing that $113 does not adequately support the costs of crisis stabilization services and that ultimately we need to work toward a rate of $148/day, but that a rate of $113/day is considered a necessary step at this point, we hope that this District will achieve $113/day for its unappropriated beds before all the appropriated beds statewide are moved toward the $148 rate per day. In a related manner, we ask that the Baker Act funding cuts nottr be permanent cuts to base funding, because permanent cuts will result in this District not having a fully implemented 24 hour 74