This amendment requires the Department of Health to report on agency activities related to shellfish sanitation to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by October 1, 2016. The 2016 General Assembly provided the agency with $225,000 from the general fund and three positions in fiscal year 2016 to assess the sources of bacterial contamination in shellfish waters and to develop data in support of conditional management plans to allow for the safe harvest of shellfish from contaminated areas.