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Public Health urges expansion of home‑visiting, reassures on newborn screening and lab readiness ahead of large events
Summary
The Georgia Department of Public Health told the Appropriations for Healthcare Committee it has expanded home‑visiting from 21 to 75 counties, estimates $112,600 per county to add services and identified an $8.9 million cost to reach the remaining non‑served counties; the agency also affirmed newborn screening remains available and described lab preparations for large events including FIFA activities in Atlanta.
Dr. Toomey, presenting for the Georgia Department of Public Health, told the Appropriations for Healthcare Committee the agency has broadened its home‑visiting program and is targeting counties without obstetric providers.
The most immediate ask from the department was funding to complete the program’s statewide rollout. "Our expansion would allow us to expand to all the counties without an OB GYN provider," Dr. Toomey said, and she told members the incremental cost to add a county is about $112,600; expanding to the roughly 79 currently unserved counties would total about $8.9 million. The program pairs community health workers from local communities with registered‑nurse supervision and…
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