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Public‑health official warns of $9–10 million CHIP shortfall this year and $19 million ETF ask for FY27
Summary
Doctor Harris told the committee pandemic-era FMAP changes and enrollment churn left Alabama short roughly $9–10 million in the current fiscal year for CHIP; the department proposes a $19 million supplemental from the Education Trust Fund to stabilize FY27.
Doctor Harris, speaking for the Alabama Department of Public Health, told legislators that changes in federal funding and pandemic enrollment dynamics have left the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) with a budget gap this year.
"We were short, about 9 or $10,000,000 for this current fiscal year," Harris said, explaining that during the pandemic a reduced state match and carryforward balances…
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