(a) The Legislature recognizes that the schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and related programs of the Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University School of Medicine; the Medical School at Marshall University; and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, each provide critical, medical, and related health educational and service opportunities for the significant benefit of the residents of the State of West Virginia. The Legislature finds and declares that it should dedicate a portion of the insurance tax proceeds credited to the general fund as contemplated by 33-3-14(c) of this code and 33-3-14a of this code to provide additional dedicated funds to the base of appropriation support for these schools.
(b) Effective July 1, 2022, to support these schools, and in addition to the base appropriations to these schools, the Governor shall include appropriations in each annual budget bill submitted to the Legislature from the amounts sent to the credit of the General Revenue Fund pursuant to 33-3-14(c) of this code and 33-3-14a of this code, as follows:
(1) To the schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and related programs of the Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University, $14 million;