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1999 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1450 (Conference Report)

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Center for Pediatric Research

Item 326 #2c

Item 326 #2c

First Year - FY1999 Second Year - FY2000
Health And Human Resources
Health, Department of FY1999 $0 FY2000 $75,000 GF

Language
Page 257, line 34, strike "$31,727,628" and insert "$31,802,628".
Page 258, line 29, after "E." insert "1."
Page 258, after line 37, insert:
"2.  
Out of this appropriation, up to $75,000 from the general fund is provided the second year for the Virginia Department of Health to contract with the Center for Pediatric Research to develop a standardized data collection, analysis and reporting mechanism that measures the ongoing quality and cost of pediatric health care in the Commonwealth.  The consumer-oriented report shall be developed in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Health, Virginia Health Information, the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, the Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other appropriate health-related organizations.  The reporting mechanism developed by the Center for Pediatric Research shall provide for access to an annual report through the Internet.  The Center for Pediatric Research shall complete its work and provide the appropriate documentation, methods of data collection and analysis, reporting formats, and other pertinent information to the Department of Health by October 1, 1999.  Future reporting of the pediatric health care data shall be the responsibility of Virginia Health Information as part of its overall role in collecting, analyzing and disseminating health care data.  The Center for Pediatric Research shall submit a report, detailing the reporting mechanism that has been established, to the Chairman of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees and the Joint Commission on Health Care by November 1, 1999."


Explanation
(This amendment provides funds for the Center for Pediatric Research to develop a standardized reporting mechanism that measures the ongoing quality and cost of pediatric health in Virginia. Now that research has been completed on variations in pediatric discharge rates, the funding in this amendment would enable the data to be made available to inform consumers, providers, and purchasers of care about the variations.)