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San Francisco Department of Public Health submits FY'2021 budget with behavioral-health investments and EPIC staffing changes
Summary
At a Health Commission hearing, DPH leaders presented a budget submission that funds new substance-abuse recovery beds, a $5 million environmental health IT replacement (budget-neutral), an Office of Equity, and a reclassification plan tied to Epic registration workflow affecting roughly 130 positions; commissioners approved sending the package to the mayor's office.
San Francisco Health Commission at its public meeting voted to submit the Department of Public Health's combined FY 2021 budget proposals to the Mayor's office, following a second hearing where department leaders outlined a series of initiatives and contingency proposals.
Grant Colfax, the department's director, framed the request as part of a broader set of investments in behavioral health and operational readiness. Chief Financial Officer Greg Wagner and budget director Jenny Louie described the items that will be forwarded to the mayor and controller for the June budget cycle.
Key funding and program items include 72 new substance-abuse residential step-down recovery beds (appropriated midyear), 14 additional beds at St. Mary's Healing Center, and a request to accept about $3,100,000 in state funds to…
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