Budget Amendment ID: FY2020-S3-534

EHS 534

Lyme Disease PrEP

Messrs. Tran, deMacedo, Tarr, Fattman and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4516-1000, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that the Department of Public Health shall expend not more than $863,200 for the development of a Lyme Disease antibody by the MassBiologics division of the University of Massachusetts Medical School; and provided further, that the department of public health shall enter into a reimbursement agreement with the University of Massachusetts Medical School by which the department will be entitled to reimbursement for appropriations in this line item in the event that revenues from sale or distribution of the antibody exceed the total expenditures of the department of public health and the University of Massachusetts”; and by striking out the figure “$12,889,984” and inserting in place thereof the figure:- “$13,753,184”