4265 Department of Public Health
Major Program Changes
  • The Governor's Budget includes a net decrease of $107.3 million for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) to reflect a projected decrease in prescription drug costs and caseload. The decrease is primarily due to the transfer of Ryan White clients to county-based Low Income Health Programs. This amount includes savings of $14.5 million from the proposal to increase client share of cost to the maximum percentages allowable under federal law for specified ADAP clients, but would limit ADAP clients with private insurance to a maximum cost sharing percentage.

  • The Governor's Budget proposes the creation of the Office of Health Equity to enable the state to better identify and ameliorate health disparities for disadvantaged communities. This new office would incorporate the responsibilities of the Department of Health Care Services' Office of Women's Health, the Department of Mental Health's Office of Multicultural Services, and the Department of Public Health's Office of Multicultural Health, Health in All Policies Task Force, and Healthy Places Team.

  • The Governor's Budget proposes to redirect funding and positions for the Every Woman Counts, Family Planning Access Care and Treatment, and Prostate Cancer Treatment programs from the Department of Public Health to the Department of Health Care Services to improve state support of direct health care services programs.

  • The Governor's Budget proposes to transfer the Office of Problem Gambling, Driving Under the Influence program, Narcotics Treatment program, and the Counselor Certification program from the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to the Department of Public Health.