Georgia Health Care Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022
Georgia’s 2022 Health Care Budget
The Departments of Community Health, Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and Public Health are the three primary agencies focused on the state’s health care and public health systems. Georgia plans to provide $5.6 billion in total state funds for these three agencies in the 2022 budget year, or about 20 percent of overall state spending. General Fund appropriations for these agencies account for $4.9 billion, or 87 percent of total state funds, while other sources account for about $696 million. General Fund dollars for these three agencies increased by $409 million from 2021 to 2022.
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I was disgusted : Ga. mother s reaction when insurance suggested she abandon her son to get him medical care
#KeepingBradley is a part of 11Alive s series investigating the challenges and systemic gaps that cause parents to abandon their children to state custody. Author: Rebecca Lindstrom, Lindsey Basye Published: 11:00 PM EDT May 4, 2021 Updated: 11:00 PM EDT May 4, 2021
STATESBORO, Ga. In child welfare, it s supposed to be the state that helps abused and neglected children, but hundreds are abandoned to state custody each year simply because their parents don’t know what else to do.
Its been called trading custody for care and even a passport to services. April Bonaccorsi calls it disgusting.
House Subcommittees Drop Hints on Amended FY21 Budget
Moving quickly after last week’s budget hearings, the subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee convened in sequence this morning to sign off on their assigned agency budgets. While actual tracking sheets were not released to the public, subcommittee chairs shared some highlights and hints about what we are likely to see in the full Appropriations Committee tomorrow:
Public Safety
The Public Safety Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, chaired by Representative Bill Hitchens (R-Rincon), reviewed the changes to the Governor s proposed budget for Amended FY21, which include:
Provision of funds for a temporary judge on the Court of Appeals;
Robert Gordon announced his resignation as Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Friday. Gordon was appointed to the position by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in January 2019. Today, I am resigning from the Whitmer Administration. It’s been an honor to serve alongside wonderful colleagues. I look forward to the next chapter. Robert Gordon (@robertmgordon) January.