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2016 Session

Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Howell
Sexual Assault Crisis Centers

Item 398 #7s

Item 398 #7s

First Year - FY2017 Second Year - FY2018
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Department of Criminal Justice Services FY2017 $2,000,000 FY2018 $2,000,000 GF

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Page 337, line 9, strike "$80,006,361" and insert "$82,006,361".
Page 337, line 9, strike "$80,006,361" and insert "$82,006,361".

Page 339, line 37, strike "382,500" and insert "2,383,500".

Page 339, line 38, strike "382,500" and insert "2,382,500".

Page 339, line 40, after "violence" insert ", including ensuring such services are available and accessible to victims of sexual assault committed against college students on and off campus".



Explanation

(This amendment provides $2,000,000 each year from the general fund for grants to local sexual assault crisis centers to provide services to victims of sexual violence.  As the Commonwealth enacts new policies to encourage reporting of sexual assault on college campuses, this additional funding is even more critical to safeguarding the availability of these victim services across the Commonwealth.)