The division develops, implements and monitors fiscal, budgetary and automation policy in conformance with federal and state regulations and departmental mission guidelines in coordination with the public sector, other departments of state government and agencies of the federal government. In addition, OTD is responsible for provision of public health laboratory services and for vital statistics, data collecting, processing and reporting. Scheduled for statewide implementation in September 1996, CAPS will support approximately 700 system users. The division's funding is a complicated mixture of state and federal money.
Funding is determined by complex ratios associated with large-scale automated projects.