Department of Health [601]
Secretarial Area: Health and Human Resources
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $169,074,602 $412,621,961 $581,696,563
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $154,191,257 $413,541,356 $567,732,613
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $153,525,069 $417,086,680 $570,611,749
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $154,030,571 $420,617,827 $574,648,398
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $156,842,622 $464,592,306 $621,434,928
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $154,009,573 $473,034,055 $627,043,628
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly $160,729,959 $480,503,381 $641,233,340
2014-2016 2015 Previous Legislative Appropriation $160,729,959 $480,503,381 $641,233,340
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments $0 $0 $0
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly $165,510,117 $480,602,566 $646,112,683
2014-2016 2016 Previous Legislative Appropriation $161,524,117 $479,602,566 $641,126,683
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments ($240,000) $0 ($240,000)
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments $4,226,000 $1,000,000 $5,226,000
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 1,608.00 2,067.00 3,675.00
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 1,570.00 2,039.00 3,609.00
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 1,554.22 2,058.78 3,613.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 1,555.22 2,219.78 3,775.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 1,544.00 2,215.00 3,759.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 1,544.00 2,215.00 3,759.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly 1,485.00 2,191.00 3,676.00
2014-2016 2015 Previous Legislative Appropriation 1,485.00 2,191.00 3,676.00
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly 1,488.00 2,191.00 3,679.00
2014-2016 2016 Previous Legislative Appropriation 1,485.00 2,191.00 3,676.00
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments 3.00 0.00 3.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Move Chapter 2 savings from Central Appropriations to agency budgets Decision Package
  Moves FY 2016 savings included in Item 471 of Chapter 2, 2014 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, from Central Appropriations to applicable agency budgets. These amounts are not a part of the additional savings assumed in Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I (HB 5010).
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($240,000)
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Expand services at Free Clinics General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds $3.1 million the second year from the general fund to provide additional funding to Free Clinics across the Commonwealth to expand services to an estimated 7,500 additional uninsured patients.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $3,100,000
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Add TANF support for CHIP of Virginia General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces $1.0 million from the general fund and adds $1.0 million the second year from the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant for the Comprehensive Health Improvement Program (CHIP) of Virginia. CHIP of Virginia is a statewide network of local public/private partnerships which provides services to low-income, pregnant women, and young children in 27 localities. Services provided through these partnerships have demonstrated improved birth outcomes, child health, school readiness, and parental work capability.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($1,000,000)
Nongeneral Fund $0 $1,000,000
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Support for vital component of Community Health Centers General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds $1.0 million from the general fund in the second year to increase support for Community Health Centers, a vital component of the health safety net system. This funding will allow the community health centers to serve more uninsured individuals.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,000,000
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Support to increase community grants for medication services by the VHCA General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds $500,000 from the general fund in the second year to the Virginia Health Care Foundation to increase community grants for medication assistance services throughout the Commonwealth. Funding will provide up to 13 additional medication assistance coordinators to help communities obtain greater access to prescription medicine for uninsured and underinsured low-income citizens. In fiscal year 2014, 39 medication assistance coordinators helped 16,450 uninsured Virginians from 67 localities obtain a total of $85.2 million in free medicines.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $500,000
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Support efforts for proton beam therapy General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $250,000 from the general fund in fiscal year 2016 for the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute to support efforts for proton beam therapy in the treatment of cancerous tumors with fewer side effects than other therapies.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $250,000
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Support Shellfish Sanitation Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds $225,000 from the general fund the second year and three positions to the shellfish sanitation program operated by the Department of Health. The additional positions will allow the agency to assess sources of bacterial contamination in shellfish waters, as well as the development of data in support of conditional management plans to allow for the safe harvest of shellfish from these areas.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $225,000
Positions 0.00 3.00
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Support the Health Wagon General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $126,000 from the general fund in fiscal year 2016 for the Health Wagon to address needs of uninsured and under insured patients.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $126,000
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Fund all payer claims database analysis General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $25,000 from the general fund in fiscal year 2016 for the Virginia Health Information organization to support the costs of operating the Virginia All Payer Claims Database to facilitate data-driven, evidence-based improvements in access quality and the cost of health care. The database is also intended to promote and improve public health through the understanding of health care claims, pharmacy claims and providers' records, and to increase transparency for other health care services.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $25,000


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