DSHS Proposed Budget Reductions for FY 2012-13 Biennium

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DSHS Proposed Budget Reductions for FY 2012-13 Biennium

The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) held a public meeting on

July 6, 2010, to solicit input from stakeholders regarding budget

reductions to be submitted as part of the agency's 2012-2013 Legislative

Appropriations Request (LAR), the budget request for the next two years.

As the basis for the 2012-2013 LAR, state agencies were asked to submit

a budget request that is 5 percent lower than the amount appropriated to

them for the current biennium. Agencies also must provide options to

decrease budgets an additional 10 percent.

The good news is that DSHS is not recommending a full reduction of $10

million in trauma funds distributed. The bad news is that they are

still recommending a reduction of $5 million in trauma funds

distributed. This is all based on the assumption that distributions

will be appropriated on the same current level, even though additional

dollars continue to collect into the Designated Trauma Facility and EMS

Account. The DSHS budget presentation is attached for your review.

The Legislative Appropriations Request is due to the Legislative Budget

Board in August.

DINAH S. WELSH

Chief Executive Officer

Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation

3400 Enfield Road

Austin, Texas 78703

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