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HJ 641 Study; anti-poverty programs.

Introduced by: A. Donald McEachin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; Directing the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance to study, jointly, the need to increase fiscal support for anti-poverty programs and services, substance abuse prevention and treatment services, and health care coverage for poor children. Directs the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance to study, jointly, the need to increase fiscal support for anti-poverty programs and services, substance abuse prevention and treatment services, and health care coverage for poor children. The Committees shall (i) identify state-funded anti-poverty programs, including program objectives and effectiveness, a description and the number of persons served, and the level of state funding, and federal and private funding, if any; (ii) develop a demographic profile of persons served by state-funded substance abuse prevention and treatment programs, including the number of persons served, the type of program, source and level of funding, and evaluate program effectiveness; (iii) evaluate the outreach efforts to enroll eligible poor children in the State's Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan (FAMIS); (iv) propose alternatives to enhance such existing services, and estimate the costs of expanding these programs to serve more citizens; and (v) consider such other related matters as the Committees may determine necessary in the furtherance of their work. The staffs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance shall provide staff support for the study. The House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance shall apprise regularly the House Committees on Education and on Health, Welfare and Institutions, and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and on Rehabilitation and Social Services concerning the status and findings of their study, and report their written findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 2002 Session of the General Assembly.

This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Overrepresentation of African-American Students in Special Education Programs.


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