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Health director warns federal Title X change could threaten services; health officer reports measles case
Summary
San Francisco Department of Public Health Director Grant Colfax told the Health Commission that a new HHS rule would bar Title X recipients from providing or referring for abortion care and could put other funding at risk; Health Officer Dr. Tomas Aragon reported one measles case and staff outlined behavioral-health bed expansions funded in part by a $3 million state grant.
San Francisco Department of Public Health Director Grant Colfax on the commission dais on March 5 warned that a newly finalized federal rule revising Title X family planning regulations would bar Title X recipients from performing abortions or referring patients to abortion services and could threaten other funding streams.
"The rules ... state that Title 10 funds would not be allowed to perform abortions or refer patients to abortion services," Colfax said, noting that the department27s Title X allocation is relatively small (about $234,000) but serves over 6,000 patients.
Colfax said a coalition of about 20 states,…
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