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Supervisors approve $246,000 supplemental to keep SFGH workers' compensation clinic open amid sharp testimony from clinicians and unions
Summary
After hours of testimony from clinicians, nurses and union representatives who warned privatization would raise costs and reduce return‑to‑work rates, the committee approved a $246,000 supplemental to keep the San Francisco General workers' compensation clinic operating for the remainder of the fiscal year (committee vote 4–1).
The Budget & Finance Committee approved a $246,000 supplemental appropriation from the general fund reserve to the Department of Human Resources to keep the San Francisco General Hospital workers' compensation clinic operating for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Committee members heard detailed testimony from the clinic’s medical director, nurses and SEIU representatives who argued the clinic returns employees to work faster, provides case management not easily replicated by private providers, and produces citywide savings by reducing lost‑time costs. Dr. John Hall, the…
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