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Minnesota health officials warn of layoffs after $220 million in federal cuts; urge state backfill
Summary
At the April 9 Senate HHS hearing, Minnesota Department of Health officials and epidemiologists described a sudden loss of more than $220 million in federal grant funding, immediate layoffs and curtailed public‑health activities and urged the committee to add one‑time state funding to stabilize services.
Minnesota Department of Health leaders told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on April 9 that a federal funding cut of more than $220,000,000 has destabilized the agency and forced staff reductions that will impair disease surveillance and outbreak response.
“the recent cut of more than $220,000,000 in previously approved federal funding has been destabilizing to the agency and to the system of government of public health in Minnesota,” Commissioner Brooke Cunningham said, describing layoffs and program reductions tied to the end of pandemic‑era federal grants.
Commissioner Cunningham said the federal funds had supported laboratory surveillance, workforce capacity, electronic data exchange,…
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