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1999 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1450 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Rhodes
Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Item 307 #13h

Item 307 #13h

First Year - FY1999 Second Year - FY2000
Health And Human Resources
Aging, Department for the FY1999 $0 FY2000 $90,000 GF

Language
Page 248, line 46, strike "$17,091,148" and insert "$17,181,148".


Explanation
(This amendment provides funds to expand the ombudsman program statewide. Ombudsmen respond to complaints and provide assistance to elderly persons receiving long-term care. Funding would provide $75,000 for services provided at the local level by area agencies on aging and $15,000 for the Office of the State Ombudsman for statewide training and technical assistance needed due to program expansion.)