Lawmakers press Health Department on immunization, loan‑repayment and AHEC cuts Committee members probed the Department of Health’s reclassification of budget lines, an approximately $1.8 million immunization increase driven by spending‑authority adjustments, and proposed reductions affecting the Area Health Education Center and loan‑repayment programs; staff were asked to provide data on program impact and allowable rural health grant uses.

Lawmakers are raising alarms over potential cuts to vital health programs, questioning how budget reclassifications could impact immunization efforts and clinician recruitment in underserved areas.

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