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Lawmakers press GMH on how $40M was used and uncertainty over FY26 $20M allotment
Summary
At an April 6 oversight hearing, Guam Memorial Hospital told the legislature it received a $40 million appropriation and used much of it to reduce vendor payables; hospital officials said the FY26 $20 million appropriation remains unallotted pending fiscal‑year close and that accounts payable and cash flow remain priorities.
Guam Memorial Hospital officials told the Legislature’s Committee on Health and Veterans Affairs on April 6 that the hospital received the $40 million appropriated under Public Law 3859 and used most of it to pay down vendor payables. Senators pressed for transparency on how supplemental and reallocated funds were used and for confirmation of whether other agency unobligated balances were transferred to support the law.
CFO Yuka Heninova told the committee that GMH has received the $40 million. She also said the FY26 $20 million appropriation from the net unobligated general fund balance — authorized in the FY26 budget law…
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