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Budget Amendments - HB29 (Conference Report)

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Appropriate Funds from Behavioral Health Trust Fund

Item 308 #1c

Item 308 #1c

First Year - FY2015 Second Year - FY2016
Health and Human Resources
Grants to Localities FY2015 $0 FY2016 $750,000 NGF

Language
Page 118, line 2, strike "$379,715,193" and insert "$380,465,193".

Page 121, after line 16, insert:

"EE.1. Out of this appropriation, $750,000 the second year from the Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund, established pursuant to § 37.2-318 of the Code of Virginia, shall be used for one-time capital and transition costs associated with the development of community-based waiver group homes and/or community-based intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities who are transitioning to community living from Southwestern Virginia Training Center and who choose to remain in Southwest Virginia.  The housing options shall be located in Virginia no farther than 100 miles from the Southwestern Virginia Training Center.  The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall give preference to projects involving existing Virginia Providers to expand service capacity.

2.  Expenditures of any remaining balances in the Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund shall be subject to an appropriation included in an appropriation bill passed by the General Assembly.

3.  Any remaining balances in the Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund shall be carried forward to the subsequent fiscal year."



Explanation

(This amendment appropriates $750,000 the second year from proceeds from sale of land at state training centers that have been deposited in the Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund for one-time capital and transition costs associated with the development of community living options for individuals with intellectual disability who are transitioning from Southwestern Virginia Training Center. The community living options must be located in Virginia within 100 miles of Southwestern Virginia Training Center.)