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The Virginia General Assembly meets in short session from January 10 through February 24, 2001 and will consider several thousand pieces of legislation and budget amendments. Enactment or defeat for hundreds of these bills, resolutions and budget amendments could dramatically alter Virginia's aging and health policies. The Alzheimer's Association provides information here on many of these legislative initiatives.
The following information is provided about selected budget amendments:
- document number and current status from introduction to the Governor's veto or signature
- hyper-link to the full-text of the budget amendment
- summary description
Updates are available weekly throughout the 2001 General Assembly Session.
House Conferees |
Senate Conferees |
Vince Callahan
Earl Dickinson
Lacey Putney
Jim Dillard |
John Chichester
Chuck Colgan
William Wampler
Walter Stosch |
House and Senate Proposed Budget Amendment Items Supported by the Alzheimer's Association
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Year 1
Change |
Year 2
Change |
Item 125 #2s Certified Nurse Aides (language only)
Explanation:
(This amendment provides direction to the Virginia Workforce Council to use a portion of the state's federal Workforce Investment Act allocation to support efforts to train additional Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs). A recent study undertaken by the Joint Commission on Health Care concluded that there is a significant shortage of CNAs in Virginia and that this shortage poses adverse quality and access consequences for Virginia's health care delivery system. This is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.) |
$0 |
$0
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Item 222 #5h VCU-Pharmacy Residencies
Explanation:
(This amendment provides second-year funding for pharmacy residencies in underserved areas of Virginia.) |
$0 |
$75,000
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Item 295 #1s Northern Virginia Ombudsman Program
Explanation:
(This amendment adds funds for the Northern Virginia Ombudsman Program, which provides managed care services.) |
$0 |
$50,000
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Item 295 #3s Expand Public Guardianship Programs
Explanation:
(This amendment adds funds to expand the Public Guardianship and Conservator Program. The program provides public guardians for incapacitated individuals who are at risk of abuse or neglect and have no one to serve in that capacity.)
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$0 |
$50,000
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Item 295 #7s In-Home Care for the Elderly
Explanation:
(This amendment adds funds for in-home care for the elderly, provided through area agencies on aging.)
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$0 |
$450,000
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Item 295 #15s Medications Assistance Program
Explanation:
(This amendment adds funds for the statewide expansion of local programs that help low-income elderly persons and families apply for free and low-cost medications from pharmaceutical manufacturers. Funding is also provided in the second year for one of these programs in Southwest Virginia, so the program can maintain funding at the FY 2001 level.)
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$0 |
$1,871,000
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Item 319 #5h Restore Attendants in Elderly & Disabled Waiver
Explanation:
(This amendment restores funding for the use of personal attendants by individuals receiving services through the Medicaid Home- and Community-based Care Waiver for Elderly and Disabled. The introduced budget reduced funding for these services.) |
$0 |
$3,736,206
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Item 322.1 #2h Restore Medicaid-Elderly & Disabled 80% FPL
Explanation:
(This amendment restores funding for the expansion of Medicaid eligibility for aged and disabled individuals with income levels up to 80 percent of the federal poverty income guidelines as provided by the 2000 General Assembly and contained in Item 319, paragraph JJ. The introduced budget eliminated funding for this expansion without striking the attendant language implementing it.) |
$0 |
$10,800,000
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Item 328.1 #3h Restore Funds-Mental Hospitals
Explanation:
(This amendment restores funding for state mental hospitals, reduced in the introduced budget.) |
$610,795 |
$1,716,497
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Item 388.1 #3h Restore Funds-Auxiliary Grants
Explanation:
(This amendment restores funding to increase auxiliary grant payments to adult care residences from $815 to $830 per month effective January 1, 2001, and from $830 to $845 per month effective January 1, 2002, to account for cost-of-living increases in federal Supplemental Security Income or Social Security payments. This funding was reduced in the introduced budget.) |
$1,796,835 |
$1,876,224
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Last updated: February 23, 2001
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