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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Carrico
Co-Patron(s): Puckett
Restore Funding for MEOC - Pharmacy Connect

Item 284 #3s

Item 284 #3s

First Year - FY2013 Second Year - FY2014
Health And Human Resources
Aging, Department for the FY2013 $107,750 FY2014 $215,550 GF

Language
Page 211, line 23, strike "$30,569,939" and insert "$30,677,689".
Page 211, line 23, strike "$30,188,716" and insert "$30,404,266".
Page 212, line 24, strike "107,750 the first" and insert "215,550 each".


Explanation
(This amendment restores funding for the Pharmacy Connect program operated by Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc. The program provides patients with prescription drugs in southwest Virginia and a 15 to 1 return on state funding. The introduced budget proposed to reduce funding by 50 percent in FY 2013 and 100 percent in FY 2014.)