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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Yost
Add Funding for 5 Jail Diversion Programs

Item 315 #9h

Item 315 #9h

First Year - FY2013 Second Year - FY2014
Health And Human Resources
Grants To Localities FY2013 $1,000,000 FY2014 $1,000,000 GF

Language
Page 243, line 40, strike "$346,271,560" and insert "$347,271,560".
Page 243, line 40, strike "$316,321,560" and insert "$317,321,560".


Explanation
(This amendment adds $1.0 million from the general fund each year to create five new jail diversion programs to support the development of law enforcement drop-off centers. Drop-off centers provide an alternative to incarceration for people with serious mental illness by ensuring prompt assessment and appropriate treatment for individuals picked up by local law enforcement officials. Funding will be targeted to programs that have implemented Crisis Intervention Teams pursuant to § 9.1-102, 187-190 of the Code of Virginia and have undergone planning to implement drop-off centers.)