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Chief Patron: Phillips
Item 288 #5h

Health And Human Resources
FY 10-11
FY 11-12
Department Of Health
$737,400
$737,400
GF

Language:
Page 189, line 28, strike "$13,284,333" and insert "$14,021,733".
Page 189, line 28, strike "$13,284,333" and insert "$14,021,733".
Page 191, line 1, strike each "$215,060" and insert "$952,460"
Page 191 line 2, strike "Graduate Medical Education", and insert:
"Health Authority for operational expenses to improve health outcomes and quality of life measures for the population in Southwest Virginia, including support for the medical residency preceptor sites in rural and underserved communities in Southwest Virginia."
Page 191, strike lines 3 and 4.

Explanation:
(This amendment modifies language in the introduced budget which provides funding to the Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium (GMEC), which supports medical residency preceptor sites in rural and underserved communities in Southwest Virginia. GMEC funding will be transferred to a new authority, Southwest Virginia Health Authority, being created to improve health outcomes and quality of life measures in the region. Existing funding of $215,060 each year from the general fund is maintained and an additional amount of $737,400 each year is provided for the operations of the authority including support for GMEC activities related to sustaining medical residencies in Southwest Virginia.)

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