STATE OPERATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH--Cont.

ited to, pregnant women, infants, chil-
dren, elderly and homeless individuals.
Priority shall be given to those individu-
als receiving inadequate nutritional
assistance. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the director of the
budget is authorized to transfer the
moneys hereby appropriated, or any portion
thereof, to the state office for the aging
for payments for nutritional services. A
proposed plan for this purpose shall be
submitted to the director of the budget by
May fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-
five, such plan to be subject to the ap-
proval of the director of the budget by
July fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-
five,
who shall file copies with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the assembly ways and means committee
For services and expenses to provide pren-
atal care services to pregnant, low income
women who are not eligible for medical as-
sistance and who do not have private
health insurance. The commissioner is
hereby authorized to award grants to pu-
blic or private not-for-profit hospitals,
health departments, associations, agen-
cies, corporations, or other entities and
in awarding such grants, shall consider
factors including but not limited to the
infant and maternal mortality and morbid-
ity rates, and the availability or access-
ibility of health care

For additional services and expenses to
provide prenatal health and nutrition ser-
vices to pregnant, low income women who
are not eligible for medical assistance
and who do not have private health insur-
ance. The commissioner is hereby author-
ized to award grants to public or private
not-for-profit hospitals, health depart-
ments, associations, agencies, corpora-
tions, or other entities and in awarding
such grants, shall consider factors in-
cluding but not limited to, the infant and
maternal mortality and morbidity rates,
and the availability or accessibility of
health care. Funds provided herein shall
be awarded for contracts on a full annual
basis. A proposed
A proposed plan for this purpose
shall be submitted to the director of the
budget by May fifteenth, nineteen hundred

STATE OPERATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH--Cont.

eighty-five, such plan to be subject to the approval of the director of the budget by July fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-five, who shall shall file copies with the chairmen of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner may utilize a portion of the monies appropriated herein, in conjunction with a portion of the monies appropriated to the department for one or more other preventive health programs, for the purpose of awarding one or more contracts to health care providers in areas of the state with high mortality and morbidity rates and limited availability of preventive health care, for the purpose of testing the feasibility of delivering preventive health. services, including prenatal health care, in a comprehensive, integrated manner For services and expenses of services related to Alzheimer's disease

For services and expenses of the AIDS Institute. These funds shall be available for but not be limited to state aid for entering into contracts for research, contracts with non-profit community organizations for programs designed to educate and alert the public about the nature of AIDS, outreach services, and supportive services ... For services and expenses of the department

to contract for research regarding diabetes mellitus, such grants to be awarded on a competitive basis

For services and expenses for grants for di-
abetes risk reduction, prevention, and in-
tervention program

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the commissioner may utilize a
portion of the monies appropriated herein,
in conjunction with a portion of the
monies appropriated to the department for
one or more other preventive health pro-
grams, for the purpose of awarding one or
more contracts to health care providers in
areas of the state with high mortality and
morbidity rates and limited availability
of preventive health care, for the purpose
of testing the feasibility of
of delivering
preventive health services, including di-
abetes risk reduction, prevention and in-

3,500,000

..200,000

4,500,000

250,000

150,000