Health Justice Policy Areas Reports FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities January 27, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 6 Comments on FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities The governor’s FY 2013 budget recommendations increase state General Funds to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) by $45.3 million (5.1 percent) compared to FY 2012. The bulk of this increase funds the continued implementation of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Settlement Agreement reached in 2010. In addition to addressing the […] Read more » Behavioral Health Budget Analysis Developmental Disabilities FY 2013 health Tim Sweeney
Health Justice Reports FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Public Health January 27, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 7 Comments on FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Public Health Funding for the new Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) began in FY 2012. The agency houses public health programs and activities that were previously embedded in other state agencies. For FY 2013, the governor’s budget recommendations increase state support to DPH compared to FY 2012, however, the new funds primarily pay for higher health […] Read more » Budget Analysis FY 2013 health Public Health Tim Sweeney
Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports Report Highlights Harmful Effects of Federal Medicaid Cuts on Georgia’s Economy July 5, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Medicaid cuts in the House Republican budget, if implemented today, would have a devastating impact on Georgia’s economy. These cuts would put as many as 38,420 jobs and as much as $4.4 billion in state business activity at risk, according to a report released today by the national health care consumer organization Families USA. Download the […] Read more » Federal Medicaid Cuts health medicaid Report Tim Sweeney
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Health Justice Library Policy Areas Georgia Establishes Stand-Alone Public Health Agency Beginning in FY 2012 June 22, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin The FY 2012 budget appropriates $186 million in state funding for the newly established Department of Public Health. The FY 2012 programmatic funding level of $166.2 million represents a $25.8 million, or 13.4 percent, decline from the pre-recession FY 2009 budget. Download the PDF. Read more » Department of Public Health FY 2012 health State Budget Tim Sweeney
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Health Justice Library Policy Areas State Adds Funding to Implement U.S. Department of Justice Settlement June 22, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin The FY 2012 budget includes new funding to Georgians with developmental disabilities and mental health needs in community settings as opposed to institutional settings. Download the PDF. Read more » Developmental Disabilities FY 2012 health mental health State Budget U.S. Department of Justice Settlement
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports State Adds Funding for Mental Health and Developmental Disability Programs May 24, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 2 Comments on State Adds Funding for Mental Health and Developmental Disability Programs This report provides an overview of the enacted FY 2012 budget for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and includes a brief overview of the U.S. Department of Justice settlement provisions being addressed by the additional funds. Download the PDF. Read more » Department of Behavioral Health Developmental Disability FY 2012 mental health State Budget U.S. Department of Justice Settlement
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Library Policy Areas FY 2012 Budget Replaces Federal Recovery Funds, Inadequately Funds State Medicaid Program May 24, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin This report provides an overview of the enacted FY 2012 budget as well as issues facing the Department of Community Health in future fiscal years. Download the PDF. Read more » Department of Community Health FY 2012 health State Budget
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports FY 2012 Budget Funds new Department of Public Health May 24, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin This report provides highlights of the enacted FY 2012 budget for the Department of Public Health. Download the PDF. Read more » Department of Public Health FY 2012 health State Budget Tim Sweeney
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Health Justice Library Policy Areas Increase Georgia’s Cigarette Tax by $1 per Pack to Lessen Health Care Costs March 30, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia currently has the fourth lowest cigarette tax nationally with a per pack rate of 37 cents. Increasing the per pack tax rate by $1 would generate at least $350 million, which could be used to offset some of the proposed cuts to health care. Download the PDF. Read more » cigarette tax Fact Sheet health State Taxes
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Health Justice Library House Restores Proposed Health Care Cuts; Opens Potential Medicaid Shortfall March 11, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin This fact sheet provides an analysis of the proposed FY 2012 budget and its impact on Medicaid and the State Health Benefit Plan. Download the PDF. Read more » FY 2012 health medicaid Medicaid shortfall State Budget State Health Benefit Plan
