Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-475

EHS 475

School based health centers

Messrs. Lewis and McGee moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4590-0250, by adding at the end thereof the following:- “provided further that the Department shall review and revise school based health center quality standards and metrics to allow school based health centers to meet community need and improve population health through efforts that include, but are not limited to, operation of the centers after school hours, the provision of mental and behavioral health services, treatment of youth regardless of which school they attend, provision of dental care to youth in the community, or other appropriate efforts to address population health and the social determinants of health; and provided further that the Department shall study whether alternative financial models, including the opportunity to bill as an urgent care center, may allow for improved public health outcomes, and report any findings and recommendations to the Clerks of the House and Senate, the Joint Committee on Public Health, and the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing by July 1, 2018”; and provided further that $500,000 shall be expended for an additional procurement for school based health centers; and in said item, by striking out the figure "$11,944,395" and inserting in place thereof the figure "$12,444,395"