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DPH proposes $1.9 billion two-year budget with investments in clinics, IT and behavioral health
Summary
DPH budget staff presented a FY2014—16 proposal with a projected $1.9 billion department budget, modest baseline revenue growth, targeted investments in call-center operations, IT security/clinical-informatics and HR, and identified outstanding balancing needs and potential state funding reductions.
Department leaders briefed the Health Commission on the Department of Public Health—s proposed FY2014—16 budget, outlining projected revenues, planned investments, and known risks tied to state and federal policy changes.
Greg Wagner, the department's chief financial officer, said the department is entering the budget cycle with a projected budget of about $1,900,000,000 and that prior mayoral investments corrected a structural salary imbalance (about $50,000,000) that helped stabilize planning. He noted the mayor's office had absorbed the state's "realignment" recoupment (about $33—135 million in staff remarks), which eased immediate balancing pressures.
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