Office of Health Services

Account Description FY07
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FY08
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4516-1000 State Laboratory and Communicable Disease Control Services
For the administration of the center for laboratory and communicable disease control, including the division of communicable venereal diseases, the division of tuberculosis control and the state laboratory institute; provided, that the department shall give priority to the analysis of samples used in the prosecution of controlled substances offenses; provided further, that funds shall be expended for an eastern encephalitis testing program and for tuberculosis testing and treatment services; provided further, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for administrative, space or energy expenses of the department not directly related to personnel or programs funded in this item; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended for the purchase of equipment for the drug laboratory at the state laboratory institute; provided further, that not less than $240,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of the statewide rabies control program coordinated by the department of public health, providing assistance to cities, towns and the public and for the interagency collaboration through the rabies advisory committee, the 24-hour epidemiological and clinical consultation for rabies exposures and the rapid laboratory diagnostic services; provided further, that of the $240,000, not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the continuation of the Oral Rabies Vaccine Project on Cape Cod operated through a contract with Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in collaboration with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and provided further, that funds from this item may be expended for the purpose of an interagency service agreement with the University of Massachusetts Medical School for the department's share of the cost of occupancy, including the cost of facility support personnel, for the state laboratory institute
12,277,658 15,050,499

 
 
HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)
SPENDING CATEGORY FY04
Spending
FY05
Spending
FY06
Spending
FY07
Spending
FY08
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Wages & Salaries 6,445 6,696 7,518 8,072 8,354
Pensions & Benefits 34 25 24 43 43
Operating Expenses 1,098 1,114 1,458 4,952 4,887
Public Assistance 1,802 1,802 1,802 1,855 1,767
TOTAL 9,380 9,637 10,802 14,921 15,050

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

 

Pie Chart: Wages & Salaries=56%, Pensions & Benefits=0%, Operating Expenses=32%, Public Assistance=12%



 
Earmarks
EARMARK DESCRIPTION
FY08
Maintenance of the statewide rabies control program 90,000
Oral Rabies Vaccine Project on Cape Cod through Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine 150,000