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Centurion asks legislature for larger mental‑health and dental contract increase to stabilize staffing
Summary
Centurion CEO told the committee rising market salaries and staffing shortfalls for psychiatrists, dentists and counselors require additional funding; the company proposed a $16M supplemental to the governor's $3.4M recommendation to begin raising pay and filling vacancies.
Tim Harlan, CEO of Centurion, told the House Appropriations Committee he supports the governor's recommendation for physical health services and pressed for additional funding for the company's mental‑health and dental contracts.
Harlan said inflation and market salary increases since the last contract adjustment in 2022 have widened…
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