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2022 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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Virginia Task Force on Primary Care

Item 295 #6c

Item 295 #6c

First Year - FY2023 Second Year - FY2024
Health and Human Resources
Department of Health FY2023 $508,750 FY2024 $816,750 GF

Language
Page 305, line 1, strike "$23,498,673" and insert "$24,007,423".
Page 305, line 1, strike "$22,998,673" and insert "$23,815,423".

Page 309, after 15, insert:

"X. The Virginia Department of Health shall contract with the Virginia Center for Health Innovation for actions necessary to facilitate and continue the work of the Virginia Task Force on Primary Care.  The purpose of the task force is to enhance the financing, quality and delivery of primary care in the Commonwealth. The task force shall continue work on: (i) building stakeholder coalitions; (ii) advancing the use of data/communication systems; (iii) defining payment models; (iv) describing primary care infrastructure; (v) identifying markers of high value care; and (vi) promoting innovations in telehealth."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $508,750 the first year and $816,750 the second year from the general fund for the Virginia Department of Health to contract with the Virginia Center for Health Innovation for actions necessary to facilitate and support the Virginia Task Force on Primary Care in years three and four of the Governor’s Task Force on Primary Care. It also changes the name to the Virginia Task Force on Primary Care. A companion amendment in Item 283 requires the agency to collaborate on these efforts with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, along with the development of a report on task force activities.)