Kathleen Toomey, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health (Photo by Matt Hennie)
The Georgia Department of Public Health wants $230,000 written into the state budget. The funds would expand a pilot program providing PrEP to those at risk of contracting HIV and to restore two positions dedicated to fighting HIV.
GDPH Commissioner Kathleen Toomey requested the funds during a House Appropriations Health Subcommittee meeting on Feb. 16. The money would be part of the state budget for fiscal year 2022, which starts in July.
The PrEP program got $57,350 for its first-year launch in Fulton and Towns Counties. Toomey requested $85,650 to fund the program’s second year – a 50 percent increase. The funding boost would expand the program to other counties, Toomey said.
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