995180
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  HHS              200


Senator(s): Holzendorf
moved the following amendment:





Section: 03EXPLANATION:



On Page: 139             Restores the School Health Screenings Program for



vision screenings for children.












NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -              700,000               700,000                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amounts   Positions & Amounts
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF
        Health Services

        In Section 03  On Page 139
478     Aid To Local Governments
        Grants And Aids - School Health 
        Screenings

          From General Revenue Fund                2,000,000      2,700,000

        DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific 
        Appropriation 478:

        and insert in lieu thereof:

        From funds in Specific Appropriation 478 $1,000,000
        in recurring funds is provided to Jeppesen
        VisionQuest to provide eyeglasses and vision exams
        for low income children and $1,700,000 in recurring
        general revenue funds is provided for a vision
        screening, utilizing the color photorefraction as
        developed and patented by the National Aeronautics
        and Space Administration, for students in grades
        pre-kindergarten through three.


Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement
within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.





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