State health budgets bring relief, some pain
GBPI Admin
February 15, 2012
GBPI Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney is quoted on state health budgets. Read Full Article.
Tag: Tim Sweeney
Release of Budget Reports (Health)
GBPI Admin
January 31, 2012
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
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Community Health
Timothy Sweeney
January 31, 2012
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
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
GBPI Admin
January 27, 2012
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
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Public Health
GBPI Admin
January 27, 2012
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
Health department seeks more money
GBPI Admin
August 26, 2011
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Download the news article.
Health officials approve big changes
GBPI Admin
August 12, 2011
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.
Report Highlights Harmful Effects of Federal Medicaid Cuts on Georgia’s Economy
GBPI Admin
July 5, 2011
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
Georgia Establishes Stand-Alone Public Health Agency Beginning in FY 2012
GBPI Admin
June 22, 2011
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
FY 2012 Budget Funds new Department of Public Health
GBPI Admin
May 24, 2011
This report provides highlights of the enacted FY 2012 budget for the Department of Public Health. Download the PDF.
