Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1266

Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research (Universities of Florida, South Florida, Miami)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Jeff Muir

Organization:

University of Florida, University of South Florida, University of Miami

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research (Universities of Florida, South Florida, Miami)

Date Submitted:

01/27/2000 4:03:26 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Donald Sullivan

Service Area:

Statewide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Alachua

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Univervisity of Florida Health Science Center

Contact:

William Luttge

 

1600 SW Archer Road

Contact Phone:

(352) 392-0490

 

 

Gainesville 32610

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

Development of effective treatment and rehabilitative strategies aimed at enhancing quality of life for victims of brain and spinal cord injuries while realizing long-term cost savings to the state.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Declining long-term rehabilitative and care costs to the state of Florida and providing a positive public benefit, including a return on the state's investment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$750,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$750,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Yes

 

 

Fiscal Year:

1992-2000

Amount:

$1,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$1,750,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

Recurring Operations

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

No

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Florida Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program reports; "Morbidity/Cost" data, Nat'l. Inst. of Health

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

No