Language Page 304, after line 23, insert:"General funds in the amount of $700,000 the first year and $700,000 the second year are provided for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative in local health departments to eliminate proposed reductions included in House Bill 1600 of the 2001 Session, as introduced. Funding for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative in local health departments shall not be reduced below the level provided in Chapter 1073 of the 2000 Acts of Assembly."
Explanation(This amendment restores $700,000 in each year in general fund appropriations for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative in local health departments. The introduced budget substituted federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds for the general fund appropriations in this program. A companion amendment in Item 307 corrects language in the introduced budget that relates to the funding substitution.)