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Government Consolidation and Mergers: The Executive Budget provides for a series of consolidations and mergers to make government more efficient and save taxpayer dollars:
Consolidate all of the state’s Medicaid administration activities into the Department of HealthBECAUSE THEY HAVE
TO; NATIONAL HEALTHCARE
Transfer the Homeless Housing Assistance Program – which finances construction of housing units for homeless individuals – from the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to Homes and Community Renewal to give affordable housing developers a single point of contact and oversight
Merge the Office of the Welfare Inspector General into the Office of the Inspector General.
Merge the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations with the Department of Civil Service to create a single State Employee Workforce Development Center
Coordinate and consolidate public health and environmental labs functions which are currently operated by five agencies.
The Department of Health and the Department of Civil Service will adopt a common strategy for purchasing health insurance and medical services that could save taxpayers $50 million annually.
Consolidate disparate state agency print facilities into designated anchor facilities, based on proximity and common printing capability. This will reduce the number of print shops by 63 percent (from 24 to 9), and improve services and consistency while saving taxpayer dollars.
Consolidate warehouse functions, beginning with new policies to ensure a sound and reliable inventory system.