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2018 Session

Budget Amendments - SB30 (Committee Approved)

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Hepatitis C Treatment Costs

Item 328 #1s

Item 328 #1s

First Year - FY2019 Second Year - FY2020
Health and Human Resources
Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation FY2019 ($381,600) FY2020 ($381,600) GF

Language
Page 296, line 5, strike "$14,245,696" and insert "$13,864,096".
Page 296, line 5, strike "$15,945,696" and insert "$15,564,096".


Explanation

(This amendment reduces $381,600 from the general fund each year based on a lower assumption for treatment costs of Hepatitis C. The introduced budget included $540,000 each year for treating six residents a year at the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation for Hepatitis C. This is a cost of $90,000 per person. Based on newer drugs that recently entered the market, at a cost as low as $26,000 per treatment, this amendment reduces funding to reflect the lower costs.)