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2020 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Sickles
Adult and Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Demonstration Project

Item 301 #1h

Item 301 #1h

First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022
Health and Human Resources
Department of Health FY2021 $450,000 FY2022 $450,000 GF

Language
Page 284, line 12, strike "$170,087,860" and insert "$170,537,860".
Page 284, line 12, strike "$170,087,860" and insert "$170,537,860".

Page 285, after line 17, insert:

"H.  Out of this appropriation, $450,000 the first year and $450,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for the Virginia Department of Health to contract with an external party that can provide software to implement an adult and pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) pilot."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $450,000 each year from the general fund for the Virginia Department of Health to contract with an external party that can provide software to implement an adult and pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) pilot. The external party would provide the clinical decision support software tool to hospitals that have a trauma center and want to participate in the pilot program. The purpose of the pilot is to increase the participating hospitals' compliance with evidence-based treatment guidelines and best practices for severe adult and pediatric TBI in order to reduce patient mortality, improve patient level of recovery and reduce long-term care costs of the Commonwealth.)