GBPI In The News Press State health budgets bring relief, some pain February 15, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney is quoted on state health budgets. Read Full Article. Read more » Andy Miller Georgia Health News health State Budget Tim Sweeney
Press Releases & Statements Release of Budget Reports (Health) January 31, 2012 / March 5, 2021 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA – According to the report, the governor’s budget recommendations for FY 2013 increase state General Funds to the Department of Community Health (DCH); however, the increase is misleading. The bulk of the new funding restores funding originally diverted from the DCH budget in FY 2011 and FY 2012. Excluding the restored […] Read more » FY 2013 health Press Release State Budget Tim Sweeney
Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports Timothy Sweeney FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Community Health January 31, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 5 Comments on FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Community Health The governor’s budget recommendations for FY 2013 increase state General Funds to the Department of Community Health (DCH); however, the increase is misleading. The bulk of the new funding restores funding originally diverted from the DCH budget in FY 2011 and FY 2012. Download PDF. Read more » Budget Analysis Community Health FY 2013 health Tim Sweeney
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
GBPI In The News Health department seeks more money August 26, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Download the news article. Read more » Atlanta Journal-Constitution Carrie Teegardin health medicaid PeachCare Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News Health officials approve big changes August 12, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the FY 2012 funding gap in the state employee insurance plan. Download the news article. Read more » Atlanta Journal-Constitution FY 2012 health Misty Williams state employee insurance plan 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 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
