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2000 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Committee Approved)

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Statewide Cancer Registry Notification

Item 304 #4h

Item 304 #4h

First Year - FY2001 Second Year - FY2002
Health And Human Resources
Health, Department of FY2001 $15,000 FY2002 $25,000 GF

Language
Page 235, line 13, strike "$47,317,284" and insert "$47,332,284".
Page 235, line 13, strike "$47,324,396" and insert "$47,349,396".
“Out of this appropriation, $120,000 and two full-time equivalent positions in both years shall be provided from the general fund, to be used to visit selected hospitals, clinics, independent pathology laboratories, and physician offices in order to collect cancer case data.  The Virginia Department of Health shall use this appropriation to implement improved means, based on the use of dedicated field staff, of ensuring compliance with Virginia Cancer Registry statutory reporting requirements.”


Explanation
(This amendment provides funding to implement and support a system for notifying all cancer patients whose records have been reported to the statewide cancer registry, pursuant to House Bill 603.)