OHCS: Compared to 2013-2015 the Legislatively Approved Budget for 2021-2023 Increased by $2.5 Billion/188% While General Fund Resources Increased by $889 Million/4350%.

I just noticed that Oregon's Legislative Fiscal Office posted their 2021-2023 detailed budget analysis in November, many months after their usual posting date. 

With the legislative session fast approaching I thought it would be useful to look back at OHCS legislatively approved budgets going back to the 2013-2015 biennium, so I pulled out OHCS data from the most recent 600+ page LRO analysis and did the same for budget data going back to 2013-2015. 

The bar chart picture pasted below shows the total and general fund subtotal by biennium. 

The PDF table HERE, and embedded below,  shows the annual % and numerical increases  and the cumulative increase from 2013-2015 to 2021-2023 and includes budget subtotals by funding source. 

I have also consolidated the detailed LRO budget analysis for each biennium into a single 50 page PDF file HERE. 

Some observations of legislatively approved changes from 2013-2015 to 2021-2023:

• Total funding went UP by $2.5 BILLION /188% to $3.8 BILLION.
• General fund resources went UP by $889 million/4350% to $909 million. (In 2013-2015 OHCS received only $20 million in general fund resources).
• FTE's went UP 213/142% to 364 FTE's. 
• Federal funds went UP $657 million/289% to $885 million. 

Some observations of legislatively approved changes from 2019-2021 to 2021-2023: 

• Total funding went UP by $1.3 BILLION /49% to $3.8 BILLION.
• General fund resources went UP by $578 million/175% to $909 million. (In 2013-2015 OHCS received only $20 million in general fund resources).
• FTE's went UP 65/143% to 364 FTE's. 
• Federal funds went UP $416 million/89% to $885 million.

2021-2023 legislatively approved budget vs 2013-2015 actual expenditures. 

Actual OHCS 2013-2015 expenditures were $1.058 BILLION. The legislatively approved 2021-2023 budget of $3.8 billion is an increase of $2.794 BILLION/ 264% from that actual 2013-2015 expenditure. 

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