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2016 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Committee Approved)

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Provide Funding for Independent Living Services

Item 362 #1h

Item 362 #1h

First Year - FY2017 Second Year - FY2018
Health and Human Resources
Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired FY2017 $200,000 FY2018 $200,000 GF

Language
Page 310, line 48, strike "$1,312,535" and insert "$1,512,535".
Page 310, line 48, strike "$1,312,636" and insert "$1,512,636".

Page 311, line 8, strike "the unexpended balances in this Act" and insert:

"this appropriation".



Explanation

(This amendment provide $200,000 from the general fund each year to support independent living services for 25 vision impaired individuals at the Virginia Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired. The center is primarily supported through federal vocational rehabilitation funding that requires a work outcome for eligibility . This funding would allow individuals that do not meet the federal criteria access to services through the center.)