COMMONWEALTHOF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEEON APPROPRIATIONS

In re: 2004-2005Budget Hearings TobaccoSettlement Programs

***** ! Stenographicreport of hearingheld In MajorityCaucus Room, Main Capitol, Harrisburg,Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, , February24,2004 p.m. , 1:30 HON.DAVID G. ARGALL, CHAIRMAN Hon.Patrick E. Fleagle,Vice Chairman Hon.Gene DiGirolamo, Secretary Hon.Jim Lynch, Subcommittee on CapitolBudget Hon.Peter J. Zug,Subcommittee on Education Hon.Matthew E. Baker,Subcommittee/Health andHuman Services Ho'n.Dwight Evans, Democratic Chairman

MEMBERSOF APPROPRIATIONSCOMMITTEE

' Hon.Gibson C. Armstrong Hon.Phyllis Mundy ,Hon.Stephen Barrar Hon.John Myers Hon.Steven R. Nickol Hon.Craig A. Dally Hon.Samuel E. Rohrer Hon.Teresa E. Forcier Hon.Stanley E. Saylor Hon. Hon.Curt Schroder Hon.Jeffrey E. Habay Hon.Jerry A. Stern Hon.Frank LaGrotta Hon. , Hon.John A. Maher Hon.Thomas A. Tangretti Hon.Kathy M. Manderino Hon:Don Walko Hon.Eugene F. McGill Hon.LeAnna Washington ' Hon.Anthony J. Melio Hon. : AlsoPresent: RobertGtreenwood, Executive Director MiriamFox, Democratic Executive Director Reportedby:' Hon.Dick Hess NancyJ. Grega,RPR

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CalvinB. Johnson,M.D., Secretary 3 Departmentof Health

RichardOvermoyer, Deputy Secretary for Investment Departmentof Communityand Economic Development 1 CHAIRMANARGALL: I'd like to reconvenethis session of the 2 HouseAppropriations Committee. We arelooking at theTobacco Settlement 3 Programs:Secretary Johnson from the Department of Healthand Deputy 4 SecretaryRichard Overmoyer from DCED. Secretary Johnson, if you'dlike to : 5 begin? 6 SECRETARYJOHNSON: Thank you, Chairman Argall and good 7 afternoonto youand Chairman Evans and members. As youindicated, I am B HealthSecretary Calvin Johnson and I am pleasedto providetestimony and to I answerany questions that you may have about the Department of Health's 10 activitiesrelated to theTobacco Settlement as authorizedunde r Act77of 2001. 11 TheDepartment of Healthis responsiblefor implementingtwo 12 chaptersof thislegislation: Chapter 7, Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation 13 Programs;and Chapter 9, CommonwealthUniversal Research Enhancement. 14 Wewere also responsible for the one-time commitments provided for under . 15 Chapter19, Health Link and Chapter 21 , Community-BasedHealth Care. 16 Bycommitting resources from the Tobacco Master Settlement to 17 thesecritical public health initiatives, the General Assembly has helped create a 1B verysound infrastructure that truly contributes to thehealth of all 19 Pennsylvanians.I am pleasedto notethat there has been widespread support, 20 interestanil enthusiasm for each of theseprograms. 21 " Regardingtobacco use prevention and cessation activities, we 22 haVeconvened and chaired the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation 23 AdvisoryCommittee, established 51 primarycontracts to provide 24 comprehensiveschool and community based programs in all67 countiesin 25 Pennsylvania,and implemented several state-wide initiatives. State-wide 4

1 initiativesare focused on youth,enforcement and compliance, public and 2 retailereducation, and technical assistance to ourcontractors. we are 3 confidentthat the combinationof state-wideinitiatives and dedicated community 4 programswill significantly reduce tobacco use throughout Pennsylvania, 5 particularlyamong our priority populations which are youth, pregnant women, 6 womenof child-bearingage, and minorities. 7 Furthermore,the Departmentcontinues to movefonruard with the 8 CommonwealthUniversal Research Enhancement program, which awards I broad-basedhealth research grants, in two categories, to Pennsylvania-based 10 researchers,universities, medical schools and other institutions. The General 11 Assembly andth