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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
4513-1111	Health Promotion and Disease Prevention For the promotion of health and disease prevention including, but not limited to, the following programs: breast cancer prevention, diabetes screening and outreach, ovarian cancer screening, a statewide STOP stroke program, the Hepatitis C program, multiple sclerosis screening, information, education, treatment programs and the Multiple Sclerosis Home Living Navigating Key Services program administered by the Central New England Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, a renal disease program administered by the National Kidney Foundation of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont, colorectal cancer prevention, prostate cancer screening, education and treatment with a particular focus on African American Males, the operation of the Betsy Lehman Center for patient safety, osteoporosis education, Lyme disease prevention and research activities to be conducted by the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment, the maintenance of the ALS Registry created by section 26 of chapter 140 of the acts of 2003 and the maintenance of the statewide lupus database; provided, that the department shall expend not less than the same amount available in each item in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the program established pursuant to section 4E of chapter 111 of the General Laws to combat mental retardation in children suffering from a genetic effect causing phenylketonuria; and provided further, that the $250,000 shall be appropriated for the commonwealth's metabolic disorder clinic programs for patient education and support or for such other purposes as deemed necessary by the clinic programs; provided further, that sites for Hepatitis C services shall be distributed throughout the commonwealth so as to ensure coverage in all geographic regions, including currently underserved areas proximate to Cape Ann, Fitchburg, Leominster and Pittsfield and provided further, that any expansions necessary to achieve geographically appropriate coverage shall build upon existing local programs with proven experience in addressing Hepatitis C	0	14,169,012

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	0	0	0	50	0
Public Assistance	0	0	0	50	14,169
TOTAL	0	0	0	100	14,169

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

 

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	FY08
MA metabolic disorder clinic programs	250,000
Program to combat mental retardation/phenyketonuria	250,000