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Lawmakers press Health Department on immunization, loan‑repayment and AHEC cuts
Summary
Committee members probed the Department of Health’s reclassification of budget lines, an approximately $1.8 million immunization increase driven by spending‑authority adjustments, and proposed reductions affecting the Area Health Education Center and loan‑repayment programs; staff were asked to provide data on program impact and allowable rural health grant uses.
The Appropriations Committee spent substantial time reviewing Health Department budget adjustments, asking staff to clarify whether line‑item “net neutral” moves mask actual program reductions and to provide data on programs facing cuts.
Staff described many changes as internal reformatting — dollars moved across sections rather than eliminated — but acknowledged some grant lines represent real reductions to particular programs. Committee members repeatedly asked whether…
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