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2021 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1800 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Ward
Restore and Increase Funds for Hampton University Proton Therapy Foundation

Item 303 #8h

Item 303 #8h

First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022
Health and Human Resources
Department of Health FY2021 $0 FY2022 $10,000,000 GF

Language
Page 336, line 19, strike "$21,849,583" and insert "$31,849,583".

Page 340, unstrike lines 21 through 23.

Page 340, line 21, strike "$1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000", and insert:

"$10,000,000".

Page 340, line 23, after "activities", insert :

",  and COVID-19 testing, vaccination and research efforts".



Explanation

(This amendment restores $1.5 million the second year from the general fund for the Hampton University Proton Therapy Foundation that was provided in Chapter 1289, 2020 Acts of Assembly, allotted in the Spring of 2020 and subsequently eliminated in Chapter 56, 2020 Special Session I Acts of Assembly. In addition, it adds $8.5 million the second year from the general fund for the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute to (i) establish a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) laboratory to apply advanced quantitative imaging and artificial intelligence (Al) research to advance proton therapy treatment delivery and quality assurance; (ii) assist in developing precision medicine infrastructure development and advance the research and medical workforce development components of the Institute; (iii) establish a Healthcare and Industry Radiation Effects Science Cancer Center to conduct basic scientific cancer research and clinical translational applied research and treatment pediatric cancers; (iv) establish the nation's first Hadron Center of Center of Excellence Center for Veterans, retired military and active duty personnel supporting quantitative imaging and infectious disease on the East Coast; and (v) increase funding for the Hampton University Proton Therapy Cancer Center to continue to provide cancer care and COVID-19 testing and vaccinations centers; (vi) continue to develop a robust research involving the development of machine learning models to analyze multimodal medical images for the early diagnosis of cancer and COVID-19 virus; (vii) support the continuing development of the Hampton University COVID-19 Testing Center and the proposed Hampton University COVID-19 Vaccine project; and (vii) support the development of the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute Center for Healthcare Disparities.)