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Subcommittee reviews Prevention and Health Promotion Administration budget; DLS recommends $5.7M reduction to tobacco cessation funding
Summary
DLS presented the Department of Health’s Prevention and Health Promotion Administration fiscal 2026 allowance, including proposed reductions to tobacco cessation funding, new cannabis public health measures, changes to infectious disease programs and questions about several program expenditures and vacancies.
The Health and Human Services Subcommittee heard the Department of Legislative Services’ review of the Prevention and Health Promotion Administration’s (P/HPA) fiscal 2026 allowance and probed multiple programmatic and funding issues including a DLS recommendation to reduce general-fund support for tobacco cessation programs by $5.7 million.
Naomi Camaro, budget analyst, Department of Legislative Services, told the subcommittee the fiscal 2026 budget for the Prevention and Health Promotion Administration increases by $7,000,000 to $531,500,000. Camaro walked members through performance measures for tobacco use (adult, high school and middle school measures), new measures for unintentional exposure to cannabis and changes tied to federal grants and internal realignment.
Camaro said DLS asked the Administration to explain tobacco-usage trends among youth and adult groups and to consider updating goals because adult cigarette-use goals have been met for several…
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