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45131111 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Data Current as of: 8/10/2018
Account | Description | FY2018 Spending |
FY2019 GAA |
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4513-1111 | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention For the promotion of health and disease prevention including, but not limited to, the following programs: (a) breast cancer prevention; (b) diabetes screening and outreach; (c) ovarian cancer screening; (d) hepatitis C prevention and management; (e) multiple sclerosis screening, information, education and treatment programs and the Multiple Sclerosis Home Living Independently Navigating Key Services program administered by the Greater New England Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society; (f) colorectal cancer prevention; (g) prostate cancer screening, education and treatment with a particular focus on men with African-American, Hispanic or Latino heritage, family history of the disease and other men at high risk; (h) osteoporosis education; and (i) maintenance of the statewide lupus database; provided further, that funding shall be expended for Mass in Motion community grants in an amount not less than expended in fiscal year 2018, contingent upon receipt of matching federal prevention block grant funds;provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, $100,000 shall be appropriated to the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth for the operation of its Cranberry Health Research Center; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for macular degeneration research into prevention and treatment at The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to The Magical Moon Foundation, Inc., in the town of Marshfield to support services that empower children and families faced with cancer diagnoses; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for education and support of patients diagnosed with phenylketonuria, PKU, or related disorders and their families through a grant to the New England Connection for PKU and Allied Disorders, Inc; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Community Servings for the purposes of providing medically tailored meals to persons battling chronic illnesses, workforce training programs to those recovering from addiction and opportunities for expanded services and locations; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Cancer Connection in the city of Northampton to provide programs and support for men, women and children living with a cancer diagnosis; and provided further that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a grant to a statewide Alzheimer's disease advocacy and education organization for a public awareness and education campaign as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
3,889,853 | 4,059,369 |
Veto Explanation: I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
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