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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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Study of Dental Services (language only)

Item 308 #11c

Item 308 #11c

Health And Human Resources
Health, Department of

Language
Page 241, after line 12, insert:
"D. The Department of Health shall identify and explain differences in the amounts appropriated, available, and spent on dental health services through the cooperative budgets of local health departments.  The Department shall also identify the impact of budget language that would require it to spend the full appropriation for dental health services on dental health services regardless of nongeneral funds and independent of other public health priorities.  The Department also shall study the condition and utilization of the dental trailers throughout the Commonwealth and make recommendations regarding their future use.  The Department shall submit its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the Joint Commission on Health Care by September 15, 2000."
Accompanying Budget  “The Department of Health shall identify actions and strategies that will be taken by the Department to ensure that funds appropriated for dental health services, in fact, are spent on dental services.  In addition, the Department also shall study the condition and utilization of the dental trailers throughout the Commonwealth and make recommendations regarding their future use.  The Department shall submit its findings and recommendations on these two issues to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the Joint Commission on Health Care by September 15, 2000.


Explanation
(This amendment directs the Department of Health to examine the use of funding for dental health services. Language also directs the Department to study the condition and utilization of the dental trailers throughout the Commonwealth.)