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Amendment redirects $1 million in funding to support the Intimate Partner Violence Strategy at the Health Resources and Services Administration across the relevant bureaus at the agency.
Amendment redirects $1 million in funding for Career, Technical, and Adult Education in order to support the Department of Education in carrying out the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins Act) and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA).
Amendment redirects $1 million in funding within the Department of Education's grants to states under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to support funding for special education.
Amendment increases the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Rural Health Programs by $1 million to prioritize ongoing coordination with the U.S. Department of Agricultures establishment of a Rural Health Liaison as directed by P.L. 115-334 (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018).
Amendment increases funding for Graduate Medical Education slots by $5 million and decreases funding from the Office of the Secretary of Educations departmental fund by a similar amount.
Amendment clarifies that early childhood developmental screenings can be considered an allowable medical service for donation to children in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Amendment increases CDC's Injury Prevention and Control Suicide Program funding to enhance youth suicide awareness, research, and prevention efforts by $2 million, and decreases the HHS General Departmental Management account by a similar amount.
Amendment sought strike section 509, which prohibits the use of funds to be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act.
Amendment redirects $15 million in the HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis Prevention account in order to support Opioid Related Infectious Disease under the Center for Disease Control.
Amendment increases the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Mental Health by $2,000,000, and decreases the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Health Surveillance and Program Support by a similar amount.
Amendment redirects $1 in funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration with respect to the health workforce and health professional staffing shortages.
Amendment requires the Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide a monthly census of unaccompanied children in their custody to Congressional committees of jurisdiction and legal orientation providers.
Amendment redirects funds by $500,000 to support the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a feasibility study on allowing geolocation services with respect to the location of callers to the suicide prevention lifeline referred to in section 520E3 of the Public Health Service Act.
Amendment redirects $5,000,000 in funds to be used to specifically study the impact of firearm violence in elementary and secondary schools and higher education institutions.
An amendment numbered 48 printed in Part B of House Report 116-109 to prohibit funds from being used to limit the functions of the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Amendment redirects funding by $1 for SAMHSA Mental Health account to specify that SAMHSA should explore using its funds to explore peer to peer mental health programs for first responders.