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Budget Amendments - HB1700 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Aird
Co-Patron(s): Price
Expand Efforts to Address Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Item 291 #3h

Item 291 #3h

First Year - FY2019 Second Year - FY2020
Health and Human Resources
Department of Health FY2019 $0 FY2020 $365,000 GF

Language
Page 302, line 7, strike "$167,386,863" and insert "$167,751,863".

Page 302, line 43, after "F." insert "1."

Page 302, after line 49, insert:

"2. Out of this appropriation, $365,000 the first year from the general fund shall be provided to support efforts by the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative (VNPC) to decrease maternal mortality and morbidity. Funding shall be used for community engagement, training and education; and a position to assist in the initiation of the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health; the development of a pilot program of the Centers for Disease Control's levels of care assessment (LOCATe) tool in the Richmond metropolitan region and Tidewater region; and development of a Project ECHO tele-education model for education and training.  Funding shall also be used to assist the VNPC with expanding capacity to address these issues through the use of software to advance data analytics.



Explanation

(This amendment adds $365,000 from the general fund the second year to expand responsibilities of the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative's work to decrease maternal mortality and morbidity.)