Bill Text: AZ HB2448 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appropriation; drug research and development

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-07 - House read second time [HB2448 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2018-HB2448-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: appropriation; drug research and development

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature

Second Regular Session

2018

 

 

HB 2448

 

Introduced by

Representatives Powers Hannley: Alston, Blanc, Cardenas, Descheenie, Espinoza, Fernandez, Friese, Gabaldón, Gonzales, Navarrete, Peten, Salman

 

 

AN ACT

 

appropriating monies to the department of health services.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Appropriation; department of health services; seed capital; university- based drug research and development; exemption

A.  The sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2018-2019 to the department of health services to award seed capital for university-based drug research and development.

B.  The department of health services shall use the monies appropriated in this section to award seed capital in increments of $50,000 to departments of the universities of this state for drug research and development.  The department shall award the seed capital pursuant to section 36-273, Arizona Revised Statutes.  Recipients may use seed capital awarded by the department for staff salaries, employee-related expenditures and soft capital expenditures, including information technology.

C.  The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.