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_ 375 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 279. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 DD. Out of this appropriation, $1,250,000 the first year from the general fund shall be provided to Greensville County to improve emergency response time for the Liberty Road community. Any unexpended balances in this paragraph at the close of business on June 30, 2025, shall not revert to the general fund but shall be carried forward and reappropriated for this purpose. EE. Out of this appropriation, $450,000 the first year from the general fund shall be provided to contract with the Free Clinic of Central Virginia in Lynchburg. The contract with the Free Clinic of Central Virginia shall require that the clinic establish an emergency dental location and provide comprehensive dental treatment. Any unexpended balances in this paragraph at the close of business on June 30, 2025, shall not revert to the general fund but shall be carried forward and reappropriated for this purpose. The funds shall be used solely for costs not covered by insurance. FF. Out of this appropriation, $150,000 from the general fund the second year shall be provided to Birmingham Green to establish the Birmingham Green Workforce Development Training Center to improve the Certified Nurses Assistant (CNA) program, introduce new career training opportunities for its workforce and to further health care career opportunities for staff from other health care operations. 280. Drinking Water Improvement (50800) $139,436,004 $164,436,004 $138,936,004 $140,739,602 Drinking Water Regulation (50801) $15,521,324 $15,521,324 $17,324,922 Drinking Water Construction Financing (50802) $122,918,859 $147,918,859 $122,918,859 Public Health Toxicology (50805) $995,821 $495,821 Fund Sources: General $17,419,071 $42,419,071 $16,919,071 $18,722,669 Special $6,941,130 $6,941,130 Dedicated Special Revenue $19,864,132 $19,864,132 Federal Trust $95,211,671 $95,211,671 Authority: §§ 32.1-163 through 32.1-176.7, 32.1-246, 32.1-246.1, and 62.1-44.18 through 62.1-44.19:9, Code of Virginia; and P.L. 92-500, P.L. 93-523 and P.L. 95-217, Federal Code. A. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Virginia Department of Health be the agency designated to receive and manage general and nongeneral funds appropriated pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996. B. The fee schedule for charges to community waterworks shall be adjusted to the level necessary to cover the cost of operating the Waterworks Technical Assistance Program, consistent with § 32.1-171.1, Code of Virginia, and shall not exceed $3.00 per connection to all community waterworks. C. Any positions necessary for the Office of Drinking Water to perform regulatory functions in dispersing federal State and Local Recovery Funds (SLRF) pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) for drinking water infrastructure shall be restricted positions and shall expire at the end of the grant period. D. Out of this appropriation, $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to the Virginia Department of Health to implement a Water Sampling Verification Program. The program shall ensure sampling is valid and representative of the actual water quality and conditions at the waterworks. E. Out of this appropriation, $6,464,800 the first year and $6,464,800 the second year from the general fund is provided as state match for additional federal awards for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58). F. Out of this appropriation, $3,624,600 the first year and $3,624,600 the second year from the general fund is provided as state match for additional federal awards for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund from the Safe Drinking Water Act.