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(This amendment adjusts the salary increase contained in House Bill 30 for direct care staff at the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation. It reduces funding by $1.9 million from the general fund the second year to adjust the salary increases from the 75th percentile of market to the 50th percentile of market, leaving more than $5.6 million in total funding for this purpose. Salary increases for direct care staff at the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation will average approximately 28%. A companion amendment in Item 486 provides funding in the first year from the federal American Rescue Act Plan.)