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Health Services seeks $42M to stabilize jail health amid hiring and pharmaceutical costs; ODR and harm‑reduction asks highlight community strategy
Summary
DHS requested $42 million of ongoing county funding to address a structural deficit in Correctional Health Services and outlined additional program asks for ODR, cancer navigation and harm‑reduction expansion, while warning that federal waiver and Medicaid funding risks could force program cuts.
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Director Christina Ghaly appeared before the board to present DHS budget priorities for FY 2025–26 and to flag major financial risks if federal Medicaid policy or waiver funding (including the global payment program and CalAIM components) were curtailed. DHS emphasized that its hospitals, clinics, correctional health services (CHS), Housing for Health, Office of Diversion and Reentry (ODR) and harm‑reduction programs form a countywide safety‑net system that depends heavily on state and federal funding and special waiver payments.
Correctional Health Services: structural shortfall Ghaly said CHS operates with a structural deficit driven by multiple factors, and she requested $42,000,000 in ongoing county…
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