Joint Finance hears Public Health Services budget, data modernization and program restorations
Department of Health and Welfare officials told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee the Division of Public Health Services requests restorations of previously reduced ongoing programs, one-time ARPA-funded projects for data modernization and a $500,000 rural physician incentive addition in its 2026 budget request.
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At a Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee hearing Monday in Boise, state health officials outlined the Department of Health and Welfare’s Division of Public Health Services budget request for fiscal 2026, asking the committee to restore a number of ongoing programs, approve one-time enhancements largely tied to ARPA and federal grants, and fund targeted incentives for rural physician recruitment.
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