QUESTION 10:

The amount budgeted and being spent in FY 1973 and the FY 1974 projected funding of the Alcohol Treatment Program?

ANSWER:

A total of $16,410,000 is included in the FY 1973 budget for the Alcohol Treatment Program. This provides for the operation of 60 Alcohol Dependence Treatment Units including 10 activations scheduled in FY 1973. Total recurring costs for operation of these units in FY 1974 are estimated at $16,610,000. Twenty-two additional units are planned for activation subsequent to FY 1974.

QUESTION 11:

THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL BEDS HAS GONE DOWN

BUT-THE NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS HAS GONE UP
AND THE NUMBER OF DISCHARGES HAS ALSO GONE UP

1B