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Advisory committee approves new weight for graduate behavioral-health instruction, cites $8.7M estimate
Summary
The Health-Related Institutions Formula Advisory Committee voted to recommend a 2.075 instructional weight for graduate behavioral-health programs, which staff estimated would cost about $8.7 million; the recommendation will be incorporated into the committee's final report and finalized by an email vote.
The Health-Related Institutions Formula Advisory Committee on Zoom approved a recommendation to add a 2.075 instructional-and-operational weight for graduate behavioral-health programs, a change staff said would carry an estimated cost of about $8.7 million.
Committee chair Kristen Mace turned discussion to Charge 2b, which asked the work group to study appropriate I&O formula weights for specialty programs. Staff member Melita summarized institutional responses and told the group, "we did receive responses from everyone; six HRIs provided data for behavioral health hours, and the estimated cost would be $8,700,000." The committee's methodology lead said the work group used existing cost-study ratios comparing psychiatric/behavioral-health program…
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