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Frederiksted Healthcare asks Legislature to release $1M Epstein earmark, requests $3 million general fund for FY2026
Summary
Frederiksted Healthcare Inc. asked the budget committee to keep the FY2026 local appropriation at $3 million and urged the Legislature to release a $1 million Epstein earmark; the St. Croix FQHC reported nearly 9,000 unduplicated patients in 2024 and cited urgent facility and maternal‑health concerns.
Frederiksted Healthcare Inc. (FHC) asked the Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance on July 30 to maintain a $3,000,000 local appropriation for FY2026 and to expedite a $1,000,000 allocation from the Epstein settlement fund that was earmarked for FHC in a prior act.
"We are celebrating 25 years of providing services to the island of Saint Croix," CEO Massirae Sprow Webster told the committee. FHC said it provided care to nearly 9,000 unduplicated patients in 2024 and that about 98% of those patients have incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.
Nut graf: FHC presented itself as a critical community safety‑net provider on St. Croix — primary care, dental, obstetrics, behavioral health and pharmacy programs — and described capital work, service expansions and an urgent facility repair request. The clinic asked the Legislature to help release the previously earmarked $1M (Act 89‑20) and…
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