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2020 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - SB5015 (Committee Approved)

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Restore Funds for STEP-VA Crisis Services

Item 482.20 #23s

Item 482.20 #23s

First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022
Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations FY2021 $0 FY2022 $11,544,000 GF

Language
Page 205, line 1, strike "($1,335,540,477)" and insert "($1,323,996,477)".

Page 205, line 9, strike "$1,335,540,477" and insert "$1,323,996,477".

Page 216, line 34, strike "($30,151,414)" and insert "($18,607,414)".

Page 216, line 36, strike "($49,252,214)" and insert "($37,708,214)".



Explanation

(This amendment restores $11.5 million the second year from the general fund to restore crisis services as part of STEP-VA. The funding includes $6.8 million for mobile crisis services and $4.7 million for crisis dispatch that will assist in implementation of Senate Bill 5038, that creates a mental health awareness response system. These funds were included in the budget passed in March, but subsequently unallotted in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic and eliminated in the introduced budget for the Special Session.)