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Supervisors approve $246,000 to keep workers’ compensation clinic at San Francisco General; debate over layoffs and privatization
Summary
The Board of Supervisors on March 11, 2008 passed on first reading an ordinance to appropriate $246,000 to keep the workers’ compensation clinic at San Francisco General Hospital funded for FY 2007–08.
San Francisco — The Board of Supervisors on March 11, 2008 approved on first reading an ordinance to appropriate $246,000 from the General Fund Reserve to the Human Resources Department to fund the workers’ compensation clinic at San Francisco General Hospital for fiscal year 2007–08.
Why it matters: The city identified this clinic as the only remaining public workers’ compensation clinic in San Francisco; the board heard testimony indicating the clinic’s continuation affects access to care for individuals without other providers and has budgetary implications for the hospital and city employment costs.
What the board decided
By roll call the ordinance passed on first reading. The transcript records…
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