All programs are cut on a pro rata basis if insufficient funds are provided. As part of the Health Professions Training Grants, the President's budget provides funding for the first time to a new Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program. As the program moves into its implementation phase, the budget proposes allowing the states to use up to 3 percent of their CHIP funding for outreach activities. In a repeat of last year's proposal, the President's budget includes an increase in the tobacco tax, a tax that has been long supported by the Academy. The Academy has long-supported tobacco control efforts.
Funds are to be directed to science-based programs that reduce teen smoking.
The purpose of this new program will be to focus on tobacco use prevention.