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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Hamilton
Ombudsman Program for the Disabled

Item 527 #1h

Item 527 #1h

First Year - FY2005 Second Year - FY2006
Independent Agencies
Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy FY2005 $488,657 FY2006 $465,579 GF
FY2005 7.00 FY2006 7.00 FTE

Language
Page 387, line 38, strike "$1,226,106" and insert "$1,714,763".
Page 387, line 38, strike "$1,226,106" and insert "$1,691,685".
Page 387, strike line 45 and insert:
"Pursuant to § 51.5-39.7, Code of Virginia, $488,657 the first year and $465,579 the second year from the general fund is provided to the Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy for the creation of an Ombudsman Program to address constituent complaints of discrimination against persons with mental, cognitive, sensory, or physical disabilities by state and local human services agencies."
Page 388, strike lines 1 through 3.


Explanation
(This amendment provides general fund dollars to the Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy for the establishment of an Ombudsman Program. The Ombudsman Program will expand the agency's ability to resolve, in a non-adjudicatory manner, constituent complaints of disability-related discrimination by state and local human services agencies.)