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Board amends and approves $46.1 million Department of Public Health supplemental to cover current-year shortfall
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee approved, as amended, a supplemental appropriation package to address the Department of Public Health's revised $31.2 million general fund deficit and related expenditure authority; the committee incorporated recommendations from the budget analyst to trim $1.22 million.
The Budget & Finance Committee approved a supplemental appropriation for the Department of Public Health (DPH) on April 3 after hearing a detailed presentation from DPH finance staff and recommendations from the Board's budget analyst.
DPH request and drivers: Greg Wagner, chief financial officer for DPH, said the department faces a revised general fund deficit projection of $31.2 million for the current fiscal year and requested appropriations and reappropriations totaling about $46.1 million. Wagner listed primary drivers: a $16.2 million expected retroactive enhanced mental-health reimbursement that has been delayed (one-time), about $19 million…
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