Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-880

EHS 880

Prostate Cancer Research

Messrs. Brownsberger, Lewis, Moore, Rush, Welch and deMacedo, Ms. Forry and Mr. Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by striking out item 4590-0925 and inserting in place thereof the following item:-

"4590-0925     For the costs of a prostate cancer awareness and education program focusing in particular on men with Afro-American heritage, family history of the disease, and other men at high risk; provided, that the department of public health shall oversee and manage said program and shall grant not less than eighty-five percent of the funds from this item to a non-profit foundation that shall leverage existing partnerships with other state-funded non-profit organizations and current and past federally, state and privately funded prostate cancer programs aimed at saving lives, improving quality of life and reducing health care costs.............................................$1,000,000"