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Health Department proposes cuts to two workforce programs and unused drug-repository in tight FY27 budget
Summary
Department of Health Commissioner Rick Hildebrand and Financial Director Megan Polk told the House Appropriations Committee the department's FY27 budget is slightly smaller than FY26 and includes three proposed program eliminations: two workforce-development programs (area health education centers and a health professionals assistance program) and an unimplemented prescription drug repository program; lawmakers asked for data on outcomes and asked how grant funds might be used instead.
The House Appropriations Committee heard from Department of Health Commissioner Rick Hildebrand and Financial Director Megan Polk on Friday as the department sought support for its FY27 spending plan.
Hildebrand said the department's FY27 budget is "just over $221,000,000," a 1.2% decrease from FY26, and that federal funding remains the single-largest source while general funds account for roughly 11% of the total (combined general fund and state share of global commitment about 22%). He told the committee the department is proposing three program eliminations to close the gap: two workforce-development lines and the planned prescription drug repository implementation, which the department has been unable to…
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