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2006 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB5002 (Conference Report)

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Virginia Cord Blood Bank Initiative (Chapters 636 & 735)

Item 291 #1c

Item 291 #1c

First Year - FY2007 Second Year - FY2008
Health And Human Resources
Department Of Health FY2007 $250,000 FY2008 $200,000 GF

Language
Page 248, line 35, strike "$98,678,581" and insert "$98,928,581".
Page 248, line 35, strike "$98,678,581" and insert "$98,878,581".


Explanation
(This amendment provides funding to establish the Virginia Cord Blood Bank Initiative, pursuant to Chapters 636 and 735 of the 2006 Acts of Assembly. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the funding for the Virginia Cord Blood Bank be used in the most cost efficient manner. To this end, the Department of Health should contract with one facility, or more if appropriate, that already has a cell separator that can be used for this initiative. The Virginia Cord Blood Bank will serve as a public resource for Virginians for the treatment of patients with life-threatening or debilitating conditions, for use in advancing basic and clinical research, and for use in the treatment of the injured citizens of the Commonwealth, in the event of a terrorist attack.)