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Officials outline prevention fund revenue and propose $5 million for regional prevention leads
Summary
State health officials told the committee the substance‑misuse prevention special fund is fed by cannabis excise tax revenue ("30% or up to 10,000,000") and that the administration proposes $5,000,000 for regional prevention lead organizations, including $1.5 million for staffing and $3.0 million for school programming.
Megan Hoch, the department’s financial director, told the committee the substance‑misuse prevention special fund is a recent creation designed to be supported by cannabis excise tax revenue: "30% or up to 10,000,000 of the cannabis excise tax is what's flowing and feeding this subsidy," she said, adding that the FY26 estimate passed in the budget was $6,750,000.
Emily Trigger, division director for the health department’s division of substance use programs, said the administration’s FY27 revenue estimate for the fund is roughly $9,500,000 and that the…
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