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Committee backs retroactive $2.166M supplemental for Laguna Honda; staff cites state licensing costs
Summary
The committee forwarded a retroactive $2,166,000 supplemental for Laguna Honda Hospital after DPH and the controller attributed overspending to repeated state licensing surveys and one‑time staffing and pharmaceutical costs.
The Budget & Finance Committee on Sept. 26 heard a presentation from the Department of Public Health and the controller’s office on a retroactive supplemental appropriation for Laguna Honda Hospital totaling $2,166,000 for the fiscal year ended Feb. 2006.
Greg Sass, chief financial officer for the Department of Public Health, said DPH returned more than $25 million in surpluses to the general fund for the year, with $8.8 million of that coming from Laguna Honda’s enterprise fund. Sass said Laguna Honda exceeded its appropriation mainly because of…
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