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JFAC reviews Public Health Services budget as agency seeks restoration of programs and one‑time ARPA projects
Summary
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee heard an overview of the Division of Public Health Services budget, including requests to restore several ongoing programs, one‑time ARPA/CARES‑era projects, and investments in data modernization, workforce, and rural physician incentives.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee (JFAC) on Monday reviewed the Department of Health and Welfare’s Division of Public Health Services budget, as agency leaders asked the panel to restore a number of previously reduced programs and fund one‑time projects financed with federal ARPA and CARES Act carryovers.
The Division of Public Health Services requested restorations and ongoing enhancements totaling roughly $20.8 million in its agency request and sought about $8.75 million in one‑time federal enhancements tied to ARPA and other public health grants; the governor’s recommendation shown to the committee totaled about $21.46 million in ongoing funding. Director Alex Adams described the 2025 base as $164,020,000 and said the agency’s 2026 request reflects a structural true‑up after CARES and ARPA funds flowed through the division in prior years.
Why it matters: The division administers programs that counties, clinics and hospitals rely on for immunizations, communicable disease surveillance, vital records, suicide prevention, EMS, and other core public‑health services. Restorations would reestablish staff and grant support that officials said were moved from ongoing…
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