WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 53

By Senators Stollings, Jeffries, Lindsay, Romano, Unger, and Facemire

[Introduced January 8, 2020; referred
to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the Excess Lottery Fund, to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health – Central Office, fund 0407, fiscal year 2020, organization 0506, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.

Whereas, The state budget that became law without the Governor’s signature for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, severely underfunded the CARDIAC Project; and

Whereas, The CARDIAC Project has been instrumental in reducing the cost of healthcare to the state; and

Whereas, The state should continue to fund the CARDIAC Project; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, to Fund 0407, fiscal year 2017, organization 0506, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 5. Appropriations from state Excess Lottery Revenue Fund.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES

311A – Division of Health

Central Office

(WV Code Chapter 16)

Fund 0407 FY 2017 Org 0506

                                                                                                                                               General

                                                                                                            Appro-                             Revenue

                                                                                                           priation                         Fund

1     CARDIAC Project........................................................................ 37500          $             250,000

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide funding for the CARDIAC Project after the FY2020 budget bill severely underfunded the program.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.