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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Conference Report)

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Electronic Medical Records Pilot Project

Item 312 #1c

Item 312 #1c

First Year - FY2005 Second Year - FY2006
Health And Human Resources
Health, Department of FY2005 $0 FY2006 $120,000 GF

Language
Page 288, line 24, strike "$5,226,490" and insert "$5,346,490".
Page 290, after line 8, insert:
"H.  Out of this appropriation, $120,000 the second year from the general fund shall be used for a pilot project connecting public health providers to Carilion Health System's electronic health records system.  The Department shall use these funds to support connecting two clinical sites in Health Planning Region 3 to Carilion Health System's electronic medical records system.  The clinical sites shall be selected from among community services boards, federally qualified health centers, and local health departments.  The Department shall be responsible, in collaboration with Carilion Health System, for designing, implementing, administering, and evaluating the pilot program.  The amount allocated to each clinical site by the Department of Health shall be used to pay for operational support, infrastructure, software licensing, and connectivity.  The Department of Health shall report to the Governor, the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees, and the State Board of Health on the progress of implementation of the pilot project by October 15, 2005."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $120,000 from the general fund the second year to connect two clinical sites in Health Planning Region 3 to Carilion Health System's electronic health records system in order to evaluate the usefulness of an automated records system.)