House of Representatives

HB 2192

appropriation; Alzheimer's disease research

Sponsors: Representatives Huppenthal, Hatch-Miller, Knaperek

 

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Committee on Health

DPA

S/E

Committee on Appropriations

 

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Caucus and COW

This bill as introduced contains an Appropriation clause

 

As Passed the House

                                                           

*REVISED*

HB 2192 seeks to provide an additional $2 million of funding to the Arizona Center for Alzheimer’s Research to recruit and support 12 researchers.

 

History

In 1998, the Legislature appropriated $1 million dollars to the Department of Health Services [DHS] to fund grants for Alzheimer’s research to create the Arizona Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research.  The monies were contingent upon a dollar-for-dollar match by participating institutions. 

 

Provisions

·                      Appropriates $2,000,000 from the state general fund to DHS for the funding of grants for Alzheimer’s research recruitment and retention efforts. 

 

HB 2192 passed the Health Committee unamended.

 

The Appropriations Committee adopted a strike-everything amendment to HB 2192.

The Appropriations Committee striker amendment essentially blends the provisions of HB 2192 (appropriation; Alzheimer’s disease research) and HB 2108 (appropriation; Parkinson’s disease research), albeit at different appropriations amounts.  As such, the striker contains the following provisions:

·                      Appropriates $2 million from the state general fund in FY 2001-2002 to the Department of Health Services (DHS) for disease research.  Of that amount, $1 million must be distributed to universities, hospitals and research centers in the state for grants for Alzheimer’s research recruitment and retention efforts.  The remaining $1 million must be deposited in the disease control research fund for use by the disease control research commission to establish at least one research contract for Parkinson’s disease research.

·                      Requires that applicants for Alzheimer’s disease research grants must apply to the DHS Director, who can only consider applicants that are organized as a statewide collaborative Alzheimer’s disease research program consisting of universities, hospitals and research centers.

·                      Allows Alzheimer’s disease research grant recipients to use up to $150,000 of the grant for administrative costs.

·                      Exempts DHS from the procurement code for one year after the effective date of the bill for the purposes of the Alzheimer’s disease research monies appropriated by the bill.

·                      Requires the recipients of monies to commission an audit and conduct an evaluation of the expenditures and submit a report to DHS by October 1, 2002.

·                      Allows any Alzheimer’s disease monies not used for recruitment and retention efforts to be used by the recipient body itself for its own research.

·                      Requires that monies appropriated by the bill not be spent on any research using human fetal tissue, cells or organs that are obtained from a living or dead embryo or fetus during or after an induced abortion.  That restriction does not apply to human fetal tissue, cells or organs that are obtained from a spontaneous abortion or an ectopic pregnancy.

·                      Makes the appropriations non-lapsing.

 

 

 

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44th Legislature                                                                                                                                   

Second Regular Session                                   2                                                      February 28, 2001

 

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