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House Journal: Page 1351: Tuesday, April 7, 1998

 8   establish a competitive grant program to increase the
 9   availability of public health nurses throughout the
10   state, and shall be in addition to funding allocated
11   pursuant to existing contracts entered into between
12   the department and the local boards of health and
13   boards of supervisors.  One-half of the funds
14   appropriated shall be awarded to county applicants
15   with a county population of less than 25,000, and the
16   remaining one-half shall be awarded to county
17   applicants with a county population of 25,000 or more.
18     A county may submit an application to the
19   department for a grant to expand the county's existing
20   public health nursing program by October 1, 1998, on
21   application forms to be developed by the department.
22   Grant award criteria shall include the extent to which
23   existing allocations to the county have successfully
24   been utilized to maintain and expand the public health
25   nursing program for elderly and low-income persons,
26   the proportion of elderly and low-income persons
27   living in the county in relation to the total number
28   of elderly and low-income persons living in the state,
29   and proposals submitted by the county for expanding
30   existing services and programs to meet the particular
31   needs of the elderly and low-income persons residing
32   within the county.  A county receiving a grant award
33   may utilize the grant moneys to expand existing
34   subcontracts with a nonprofit nurses' association, or
35   an independent nonprofit agency, or for new programs
36   and services as proposed in the grant application.
37     The department shall submit a report to the general
38   assembly by January 1, 2000, regarding the
39   effectiveness of the competitive grant program in
40   expanding public health nursing care, and containing
41   recommendations regarding future utilization or
42   expansion of the program."
Amendment H-8968, to the committee amendment H-8881, was adopted.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Burnett of Story, until her arrival, on request of Schrader of
Marion.
Cormack of Webster offered the following amendment H-8918, to
the committee amendment H-8881, filed by him and moved its
adoption:

H-8918

 1     Amend the amendment, H-8881, to Senate File 2280,
 2   as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as

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