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2024 Special Session I

Budget Bill - HB6001 (Chapter 2)

Department of Health

Item 281

Item 281

First Year - FY2025Second Year - FY2026
Environmental Health Hazards Control (56500)$16,139,037$15,739,037
State Office of Environmental Health Services (56501)FY2025 $6,796,977FY2026 $6,396,977
Shellfish Sanitation (56502)FY2025 $3,685,755FY2026 $3,685,755
Bedding and Upholstery Inspection (56503)FY2025 $954,406FY2026 $954,406
Radiological Health and Safety Regulation (56504)FY2025 $4,701,899FY2026 $4,701,899
Fund Sources:  
GeneralFY2025 $8,551,846FY2026 $8,551,846
SpecialFY2025 $3,616,036FY2026 $3,616,036
Dedicated Special RevenueFY2025 $2,574,148FY2026 $2,174,148
Federal TrustFY2025 $1,397,007FY2026 $1,397,007

Authority: §§ 2.2-4002 B 16; 28.2-800 through 28.2-825; and 32.1-212 through 32.1-245, Code of Virginia.


A. Out of this appropriation, $12,500 the first year and $12,500 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for the activities of the Sewage Appeals Review Board.


B. Out of this appropriation, $1,013,720 the first year and $1,013,720 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to establish, operate, and develop necessary databases for a Chesapeake Bay Septic Pilot program. The pilot program, through local health departments, shall provide oversight of the septic tank pump out and inspection programs in the Eastern Shore, Middle Peninsula, and Northern Neck regions of Virginia.


C. Out of this appropriation, $400,000 the first year is provided from the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation fund to establish a one-year demonostration project to implement testing for the analysis of fentanyl and norfentanyl in wastewater in up to three geographically diverse localities. The agency shall provide a report on the findings and conclusions of the demonstration project to the Governor, the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees, and Director, Department of Planning and Budget at the conclusion of the demonstration project.