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EXPLANATION: Only allows DDSN to take a pro rata cut in the event of an across the board reduction (cannot cut further).
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 24,
DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES & SPECIAL NEEDS, page 398, after
line 7, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to
read:
/ (DDSN: Traumatic Brain Injury) Funds appropriated by the
agency for Traumatic Brain Injury/Spinal Cord Injury Post-Acute
Rehabilitation shall be used for that purpose only. In the
event the department receives a general fund reduction in the
current fiscal year, any funding reductions to the post-acute
rehabilitation funding must be in equal proportion to and shall
not exceed reductions to other agency services./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.