Chief Patron: Morgan
Create Long Term Care Database
Item 294 #2h
Item 294 #2h | First Year - FY2001 | Second Year - FY2002 | |
| Health And Human Resources |
| Aging, Department for the | FY2001 $2,500,000 | FY2002 $2,500,000 | GF |
Language
Page 229, line 11, strike "$2,048,592" and insert "$4,548,592".
Page 229, line 11, strike "$1,974,410" and insert "$4,474,410".
Page 229, line 16, before "Included", insert "A."
Page 229, after line 24, insert:
"B. The Department for the Aging, in cooperation with the Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Aging and the Departments of Health, Medical Assistance Services, Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, and Social Services, shall develop a statewide long-term care database to collect information on frail elderly and disabled citizens and on their health care needs and usage. As a condition of this appropriation, the Department for the Aging shall submit a written plan for the development of the database to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Directors of the Department of Planning and Budget and the Department of Technology Planning for approval prior to beginning development of the statewide long-term care database. Upon approval of the plan, the Department shall submit quarterly reports on the development of the database until it has been completed."
Explanation
(This amendment provides funding to the Department for the Aging to create a statewide long-term care database that consolidates information on health care needs and utilization from all agencies in the Health and Human Resources Secretariat. Language makes the funding contingent upon approval of a plan for the development of the database prior to its development, and the generation of quarterly reports on its development until completed.)