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2012 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Howell, Algie
Provide Funds to Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital

Item 297 #16h

Item 297 #16h

First Year - FY2013 Second Year - FY2014
Health And Human Resources
Health, Department of FY2013 $500,000 FY2014 $0 GF

Language
Page 220, line 2, strike "$13,040,065" and insert "$13,540,065".
Page 222, after line 43, insert:
"T.  Out of this appropriation, $500,000 the first year from the general fund is provided to Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk to install an electronic health records system."


Explanation
(This amendment adds one-time funds for Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk to implement electronic health records. Lake Taylor is a long-stay hospital which serves primarily Medicaid and some Medicare patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is providing incentive funding to short-stay hospitals to implement electronic health records, however, no funding is available to long-stay hospitals such as Lake Taylor.)