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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Hamilton
Use of PPEA for Facility Replacement & Operations (language only)

Item 310 #1h

Item 310 #1h

Health And Human Resources
Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, Department of

Language
Page 275, line 50, after "setting.", insert:
"It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act (PPEA) of 2002 be used wherever possible to facilitate cost effective replacement, operation and management of the four facilities which are scheduled for replacement.  Further, it is the intent of the General Assembly, based on the success in developing public-private partnerships to deliver acute care services as part of the comprehensive mental health care  system, that one of the four facilities be operated by a private entity pursuant to the PPEA of 2002 in order to provide operational efficiencies to the mental health care delivery system."


Explanation
(This amendment adds language in the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services to indicate the intent of the General Assembly that the Department use the PPEA of 2002 as the framework for replacing, operating or managing the facilities targeted for replacement, Eastern State Hospital, Western State Hospital, Southeastern Virginia Training Center, and Central Virginia Training Center. Language also requires that at least on of the four facilities be operated by a private entity.)