Menu
2012 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB1301 (Conference Report)

View Budget Item
View Budget Item amendments

Restore Funding for Free Clinics

Item 297 #4c

Item 297 #4c

First Year - FY2013 Second Year - FY2014
Health And Human Resources
Health, Department of FY2013 $0 FY2014 $1,598,200 GF

Language
Page 220, line 2, strike "$6,795,644" and insert "$8,393,844".
Page 221, line 7, strike "$660,700" and insert "$1,321,400".
Page 221, line 17, strike "$87,500" and insert "$175,000".
Page 221, line 20, strike "$850,000" and insert "$1,700,000".


Explanation
(This amendment restores $1.6 million from the general fund the second year for prescription medications and health services provided through Virginia's free clinics that was reduced by 50 percent in the introduced budget. Without a restoration of funding, health services for uninsured Virginians, which has increased significantly during the economic recession, will be reduced. On average, free clinics provide $6 in health care for every $1 in state funding.)