Chief Patron: Sickles
GMU - Virginia Neuroscience Initiative

Item 164 #1h

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Page 202, line 49, strike "$262,000,000" and insert "$262,275,000".

Page 203, after line 11, insert:

"D. 1. Out of this appropriation, $275,000 the second year from the general fund is designated for George Mason University, in collaboration with Eastern Virginia Medical School, Old Dominion University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, INOVA, and Sentara Health System, to create the Virginia Neuroscience Initiative (VNI) to serve as a network of institutions to conduct significant clinical trials in areas that include oncology, mental health and substance abuse.  The VNI network would facilitate identifying and recruiting patients and expand access for researchers to a clinical base thereby creating greater opportunities for grant funding and the development commercialization of breakthrough products and services.

2. The VNI shall develop a strategy and business plan and report to the Chairman of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by November 1, 2019."