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2012 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB1301 (Committee Approved)

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Allocate Behaviorlal Health & Developmental Services Trust Fund (language only)

Item 315 #2h

Item 315 #2h

Health And Human Resources
Grants To Localities

Language
Page 245, line 48, after "T.", insert "1."
Page 245, line 50, after "purpose of", insert:
"addressing the settlement agreement reached between the United States Department of Justice and the Commonwealth of Virginia to ensure compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as interpreted by Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999)."
Page 245, line 50, strike "expanding access to community-based"
Page 245, strike lines 51 through 53.
Page 245, after line 53, insert:
"2.   The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall provide an annual report on its plan to allocate funding in the Trust Fund to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees beginning on July 15, 2012.  The report shall include detailed information on funding to enhance community services required under the settlement agreement, including information on the progress of achieving objectives set forth in the agreement."


Explanation
(This amendment modifies language in the introduced budget specifying the uses of the Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust fund. Language which broadly directs the use of the Trust Fund is replaced with language directing the Fund to be used to address the requirements specified in the U.S. Department of Justice settlement agreement with the Commonwealth. Additional language requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide an annual report on its plan to allocate funding for these requirements and report on progress in achieving the objectives set out in the agreement.)