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Public Health

funding levels adjusted for inflation (cpi)

  • Funding History
Adjusted for inflation (cpi) NOT adjusted
FY24 Gov$892,964,318$892,964,318
FY23 Current$1,021,669,995$962,968,186
FY22$971,866,346$878,040,159
FY21$939,011,931$791,646,986
FY20$893,369,653$736,313,475
FY19$821,477,724$666,526,002
FY18$772,647,525$614,173,687
FY17$774,177,225$601,897,036
FY16$790,618,004$603,452,491
FY15$742,440,208$562,939,659
FY14$785,902,339$591,660,440
FY13$730,930,234$541,844,276
FY12$747,003,169$544,580,870
FY11$730,036,765$517,027,769
FY10$760,295,382$527,983,703
FY09$852,422,026$586,190,993
FY08$863,478,903$585,593,412
FY07$832,525,944$544,405,786
FY06$737,636,009$470,136,914
FY05$701,538,580$430,853,961
FY04$658,948,559$392,892,440
FY03$691,760,224$403,554,463
FY02$894,177,049$510,395,072
FY01$971,184,486$544,705,423

comparisons adjusted for inflation (cpi)

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Funding for Public Health
18.3%

comparisons adjusted for inflation (cpi)

Adjusted for inflation (cpi) NOT adjusted
FY24 Gov$892,964,318$892,964,318
FY23 Current$1,021,669,995$962,968,186
FY23 GAA$1,021,669,995$962,968,186
FY23 Leg$1,021,669,995$962,968,186
FY23 Sen$963,877,552$908,496,307
FY23 SWM$955,859,883$900,939,307
FY23 Hou$956,677,244$901,709,705
FY23 HWM$940,985,657$886,919,705
FY23 Gov$883,793,596$833,013,713
FY22 GAA$929,399,137$839,672,831

funding levels adjusted for inflation (cpi)

  • Active Line Items
  • All Line Items
FY21FY22FY23 CurrentFY24 Gov
Community Behavioral Health Promotion and Prevention Trust Fund$237,230$221,372$212,192$0
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Trust Fund$3,202,605$2,988,518$2,864,590$2,700,000
Environmental Justice$0$0$1,414,274$8,804,284
Safe and Successful Youth Initiative$11,335,864$13,152,010$13,845,518$12,600,000
Office of Health Equity$118,615$110,686$371,336$350,000
MassHealth Redetermination and Vaccine Public Awareness$0$5,534,293$0$0
Food Protection Program Retained Revenue$192,428$179,565$172,118$162,229
SEAL Dental Program$1,062,861$0$0$0
Pharmaceutical Regulation Retained Revenue$87,460$81,613$78,229$73,734
Public Health Critical Operations and Essential Services$26,247,859$24,010,515$24,888,249$23,249,000
Community Health Center Services$4,437,521$4,679,297$4,308,130$3,112,959
Postpartum Depression Pilot Program$355,845$332,058$381,945$860,000
Environmental Health Assessment and Compliance$6,543,384$5,944,374$6,629,500$8,314,168
Nuclear Power Reactor Monitoring Fee Revenue$2,273,346$2,150,396$2,172,515$2,042,828
Prescription Drug Registration Revenue$1,308,416$1,246,270$1,248,386$1,195,365
Division of Health Care Quality and Improvement$16,068,785$14,994,626$15,096,591$15,345,493
Div. of Health Care Quality Facility Licensing Revenue$3,899,259$3,683,027$3,729,231$3,559,500
Board of Registration in Nursing$1,010,988$973,097$3,194,699$3,009,996
Board of Registration in Pharmacy$1,514,487$1,422,899$0$0
Board of Registration in Medicine and Acupuncture$210,342$196,281$219,185$204,565
Board of Registration in Medicine RR$356,442$332,614$318,821$300,503
Health Boards of Registration$525,668$501,695$0$0
Regional Emergency Medical Services$1,186,150$1,106,859$1,060,959$500,000
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner & Pediatric SANE$7,763,794$7,084,391$0$0
Children’s Advocacy Centers$0$2,767,147$4,296,885$2,500,000
ALS Registry$344,015$321,019$0$0
Down Syndrome Clinic$177,922$166,029$159,144$0
HIV/AIDS Prevention Treatment and Services$36,487,843$34,318,506$37,300,636$31,255,801
HIV/AIDS Drug Program Manufacturer Rebates Retained Revenue$17,792,247$16,602,880$15,914,389$15,000,000
Bureau of Substance Abuse Services$200,722,287$194,346,771$231,510,394$184,154,158
Substance Abuse Step-Down Recovery Services$5,377,031$5,017,590$0$0
Secure Treatment Facilities for Opiate Addiction$1,601,302$1,494,259$0$0
Substance Abuse Family Intervention Program$1,708,590$1,594,375$0$0
Nasal Narcan Pilot Expansion$1,209,873$1,151,133$1,120,373$1,140,480
Substance Abuse Grants$1,040,253$5,661,582$5,596,560$0
Harm Reduction through Syringe Access$6,583,132$7,083,895$7,320,619$6,378,000
Compulsive Behavior Treatment Program Retained Revenue$1,186,150$1,106,859$1,060,959$1,000,000
Dental Health Services$2,116,383$2,448,599$0$0
Department of Public Health Safety Reform Matching Grants$2,965,375$1,416,779$3,830,063$0
Vaccine Planning, Distribution & Awareness$1,186,150$1,145,599$0$0
Grants to Local Boards of Health$4,744,599$23,244,032$15,914,389$10,011,320
Local COVID-19 Supports$2,085,251$240,188$0$0
Public Health Earmarks$0$11,226,867$0$0
Contraceptive ACCESS Education$0$553,429$530,480$500,000
Family Health Services$16,254,482$16,471,164$0$0
Domestic Violence Community Education$0$0$2,121,918$2,000,000
Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC) $14,129,133$13,184,636$13,951,307$13,357,545
Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Improvement Network of Massachusetts$0$553,429$0$0
Family and Adolescence Reproductive Health$0$0$21,282,842$20,060,000
WIC Program Manufacturer Rebates$32,500,505$30,327,927$29,070,283$27,400,000
Early Intervention$55,156,594$45,174,554$51,723,331$30,554,823
Newborn Hearing Screening Program$103,744$96,810$0$0
Suicide Prevention and Intervention Program$7,976,858$7,803,353$7,507,251$7,099,538
Samaritans, Inc. Suicide Prevention$474,460$719,458$1,485,343$400,000
Services to Survivors of Homicide Victims$237,230$221,372$318,288$200,000
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention$4,397,674$4,459,154$0$0
Chronic Disease Prevention$0$0$13,442,281$10,833,603
Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Program$0$1,106,859$1,060,959$0
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention$59,712,318$62,072,317$0$0
Healthy Relationships Grant Program$1,245,457$1,106,859$0$0
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Ser$0$0$79,901,194$71,211,757
Behavioral Health Supports$982,132$19,368,920$13,828,044$12,534,773
Blood Lead Testing$1,424,242$1,354,605$1,298,432$1,245,591
State Laboratory and Communicable Disease Control Services$22,384,761$21,453,504$24,131,816$25,782,884
STI Billing Retained Revenue$1,188,364$1,134,726$1,087,671$1,043,103
Matching funds for a Federal Emergency Preparedness Grant$1,802,135$1,694,471$1,628,982$1,543,328
State Laboratory Tuberculosis Testing Fee Retained Revenue$347,003$323,807$354,515$343,492
Mobile Integrated Health Retained Revenue$320,260$54,866$52,591$49,569
Health Care Industry Plan Review Retained Revenue$475,813$446,146$439,466$415,014
Registry of Vital Records and Statistics Fee Retained Revenue$1,015,041$947,188$943,306$1,026,378
Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program$3,697,878$3,454,671$0$0
Universal Immunization Program$2,720,658$2,936,297$0$0
School-Based Health Programs$17,925,684$17,182,412$24,339,674$18,573,733
Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Programs$8,443,198$6,219,210$0$0
Western Mass. Hospital Federal Reimbursement$29,302,565$27,826,712$27,382,469$26,203,437
Shattuck Private Medical Vendor Retained Revenue$602,489$1,669,073$1,599,860$1,507,937
Public Health Hospitals$196,962,854$197,000,661$202,160,435$194,067,937
Shattuck Hospital Dept. of Correction Inmate Revenue$5,399,569$5,185,106$5,122,961$4,922,891
SOPS Department of Correction Retained Revenue$34,091,462$34,238,867$35,326,271$34,628,401
Tewksbury Hospital RR$2,294,352$2,154,993$2,140,871$2,036,372
Prostate Cancer Research Program$948,920$1,106,859$1,060,959$0
Municipal Naloxone Bulk Purchase Program$593,075$589,956$608,736$596,710
Pediatric Palliative Care$7,783,019$8,533,548$9,876,001$8,810,806
Violent Crime Prevention Pilot$1,186,150$2,988,518$10,680,109$10,066,465
Youth Violence Prevention Grants$3,742,303$4,427,435$4,268,290$4,021,759
Youth-At-Risk Matching Grants$9,281,622$8,627,963$8,959,801$7,200,000
Tewksbury Hospital DDS Client Retained Revenue$4,495,141$4,250,664$4,228,836$4,040,651
Public Health Trust Fund Tax Transfer$10,145,036$10,563,287$11,523,543$10,861,438
FY21FY22FY23 CurrentFY24 Gov
Marijuana Public Awareness Campaign$0$0$0$0
Substance Use Prevention Trust Fund$0$0$0$0
Substance Abuse Services Fund$0$0$0$0
Community Behavioral Health Promotion and Prevention Trust Fund$237,230$221,372$212,192$0
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Trust Fund$3,202,605$2,988,518$2,864,590$2,700,000
Substance Abuse Services Fund$0$0$0$0
Family Planning Reserve$0$0$0$0
End of Life Care Commission$0$0$0$0
DPH Grant Program$0$0$0$0
Womens Preventive Health Reserve$0$0$0$0
H1N1 Reserve$0$0$0$0
Health Policy Commission Substance Abuse$0$0$0$0
Environmental Justice$0$0$1,414,274$8,804,284
Safe and Successful Youth Initiative$11,335,864$13,152,010$13,845,518$12,600,000
Crossroads$0$0$0$0
Office of Health Equity$118,615$110,686$371,336$350,000
MassHealth Redetermination and Vaccine Public Awareness$0$5,534,293$0$0
Youth-At-Risk Matching Grants$0$0$0$0
Youth-At-Risk Grants$0$0$0$0
Youth-At-Risk Matching Grants$0$0$0$0
Betsy Lehman Center$0$0$0$0
Food Protection Program Retained Revenue$192,428$179,565$172,118$162,229
SEAL Dental Program$1,062,861$0$0$0
Pharmaceutical Regulation Retained Revenue$87,460$81,613$78,229$73,734
Health Facility Licensing and Inspections Revenue$0$0$0$0
Public Health Critical Operations and Essential Services$26,247,859$24,010,515$24,888,249$23,249,000
End of Life Care Commission Retained Revenue$0$0$0$0
Community Health Center Services$4,437,521$4,679,297$4,308,130$3,112,959
Postpartum Depression Pilot Program$355,845$332,058$381,945$860,000
CenterCare Program at Community Health Centers$0$0$0$0
Environmental Health Assessment and Compliance$6,543,384$5,944,374$6,629,500$8,314,168
Nuclear Power Reactor Monitoring Fee Revenue$2,273,346$2,150,396$2,172,515$2,042,828
Prescription Drug Registration Revenue$1,308,416$1,246,270$1,248,386$1,195,365
Seabrook Monitoring$0$0$0$0
Division of Health Care Quality and Improvement$16,068,785$14,994,626$15,096,591$15,345,493
Office of Patient Protection$0$0$0$0
Div. of Health Care Quality Facility Licensing Revenue$3,899,259$3,683,027$3,729,231$3,559,500
Primary Care Center and Loan Forgiveness Program$0$0$0$0
Certified Nurses Aide Scholarships Fund$0$0$0$0
Board of Registration in Nursing$1,010,988$973,097$3,194,699$3,009,996
Board of Registration in Pharmacy$1,514,487$1,422,899$0$0
Board of Registration in Medicine and Acupuncture$210,342$196,281$219,185$204,565
Board of Registration in Medicine RR$356,442$332,614$318,821$300,503
Health Boards of Registration$525,668$501,695$0$0
Board of Registration in Medicine Fee Retained Revenue$0$0$0$0
Determination of Need Program$0$0$0$0
Regional Emergency Medical Services$1,186,150$1,106,859$1,060,959$500,000
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner & Pediatric SANE$7,763,794$7,084,391$0$0
Children’s Advocacy Centers$0$2,767,147$4,296,885$2,500,000
Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program$0$0$0$0
ALS Registry$344,015$321,019$0$0
Down Syndrome Clinic$177,922$166,029$159,144$0
Community Health Center Dental Clinics$0$0$0$0
HIV/AIDS Prevention Treatment and Services$36,487,843$34,318,506$37,300,636$31,255,801
HIV/AIDS Drug Program Manufacturer Rebates Retained Revenue$17,792,247$16,602,880$15,914,389$15,000,000
AIDS Rental Subsidy$0$0$0$0
Bureau of Substance Abuse Services$200,722,287$194,346,771$231,510,394$184,154,158
Substance Abuse Step-Down Recovery Services$5,377,031$5,017,590$0$0
Secure Treatment Facilities for Opiate Addiction$1,601,302$1,494,259$0$0
Substance Abuse Family Intervention Program$1,708,590$1,594,375$0$0
Nasal Narcan Pilot Expansion$1,209,873$1,151,133$1,120,373$1,140,480
Sober Homes$0$0$0$0
Substance Abuse Grants$1,040,253$5,661,582$5,596,560$0
Harm Reduction through Syringe Access$6,583,132$7,083,895$7,320,619$6,378,000
Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund$0$0$0$0
Compulsive Behavior Treatment Program Retained Revenue$1,186,150$1,106,859$1,060,959$1,000,000
Dental Health Services$2,116,383$2,448,599$0$0
Family Planning Expansion$0$0$0$0
Department of Public Health Safety Reform Matching Grants$2,965,375$1,416,779$3,830,063$0
Vaccine Planning, Distribution & Awareness$1,186,150$1,145,599$0$0
Grants to Local Boards of Health$4,744,599$23,244,032$15,914,389$10,011,320
Local COVID-19 Supports$2,085,251$240,188$0$0
Public Health Earmarks$0$11,226,867$0$0
Contraceptive ACCESS Education$0$553,429$530,480$500,000
Family Health Services$16,254,482$16,471,164$0$0
Domestic Violence Community Education$0$0$2,121,918$2,000,000
Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC) $14,129,133$13,184,636$13,951,307$13,357,545
Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Improvement Network of Massachusetts$0$553,429$0$0
Family and Adolescence Reproductive Health$0$0$21,282,842$20,060,000
Early Intervention Services Medicaid Reimbursement Retained Revenue$0$0$0$0
WIC Program Manufacturer Rebates$32,500,505$30,327,927$29,070,283$27,400,000
Early Intervention$55,156,594$45,174,554$51,723,331$30,554,823
Early Intervention Staff Rate Increase$0$0$0$0
Community Domestic Violence Programs$0$0$0$0
Newborn Hearing Screening Program$103,744$96,810$0$0
Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Program$0$0$0$0
Violence, Suicide, and Injury Prevention$0$0$0$0
Suicide Prevention and Intervention Program$7,976,858$7,803,353$7,507,251$7,099,538
Samaritans, Inc. Suicide Prevention$474,460$719,458$1,485,343$400,000
Services to Survivors of Homicide Victims$237,230$221,372$318,288$200,000
Osteoporosis Prevention$0$0$0$0
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention$4,397,674$4,459,154$0$0
Prostate Cancer Screening Program$0$0$0$0
Chronic Disease Prevention$0$0$13,442,281$10,833,603
Colorectal Cancer Prevention$0$0$0$0
Hepatitis C Prevention, Education and Treatment$0$0$0$0
Multiple Sclerosis Screening, Education and Treatment$0$0$0$0
Renal Disease Program$0$0$0$0
Organ Transplants$0$0$0$0
Neurofibromatosis Awareness$0$0$0$0
Cardiac Surgery Data Program$0$0$0$0
Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Program$0$1,106,859$1,060,959$0
Ovarian Cancer Screening$0$0$0$0
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention$59,712,318$62,072,317$0$0
Healthy Relationships Grant Program$1,245,457$1,106,859$0$0
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Ser$0$0$79,901,194$71,211,757
Behavioral Health Supports$982,132$19,368,920$13,828,044$12,534,773
Blood Lead Testing$1,424,242$1,354,605$1,298,432$1,245,591
Diabetes Screening and Outreach$0$0$0$0
State Laboratory and Communicable Disease Control Services$22,384,761$21,453,504$24,131,816$25,782,884
State Laboratory Facility Staff UMass Medical$0$0$0$0
DPH Amherst Drug Lab Refurbishment$0$0$0$0
STI Billing Retained Revenue$1,188,364$1,134,726$1,087,671$1,043,103
Matching funds for a Federal Emergency Preparedness Grant$1,802,135$1,694,471$1,628,982$1,543,328
State Laboratory Tuberculosis Testing Fee Retained Revenue$347,003$323,807$354,515$343,492
Mobile Integrated Health Retained Revenue$320,260$54,866$52,591$49,569
Home Health Agency Licensure Retained Revenue$0$0$0$0
Health Care Industry Plan Review Retained Revenue$475,813$446,146$439,466$415,014
Health Statistics Division$0$0$0$0
Registry of Vital Records and Statistics Fee Retained Revenue$1,015,041$947,188$943,306$1,026,378
Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program$3,697,878$3,454,671$0$0
Early Breast Cancer Detection$0$0$0$0
Infection Prevention Program$0$0$0$0
Universal Immunization Program$2,720,658$2,936,297$0$0
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine$0$0$0$0
Childhood Vaccine Program$0$0$0$0
Homeless Respite Services$0$0$0$0
Public Health Evaluation Grant Program$0$0$0$0
Smoking Prevention and Cessation Program Expansion$0$0$0$0
School-Based Health Programs$17,925,684$17,182,412$24,339,674$18,573,733
Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Programs$8,443,198$6,219,210$0$0
School Health Service Retained Revenue$0$0$0$0
School-Based Health Centers$0$0$0$0
School Health Services$0$0$0$0
Hospital Bureau$0$0$0$0
Tewksbury State Hospital$0$0$0$0
Mass. Hospital School$0$0$0$0
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital$0$0$0$0
Western Mass. Hospital Federal Reimbursement$29,302,565$27,826,712$27,382,469$26,203,437
Shattuck Private Medical Vendor Retained Revenue$602,489$1,669,073$1,599,860$1,507,937
Direct Care Staff Recruitment$0$0$0$0
Public Health Hospitals$196,962,854$197,000,661$202,160,435$194,067,937
Public Hospital Medical Equipment and Facility Repair$0$0$0$0
Shattuck Hospital Dept. of Correction Inmate Revenue$5,399,569$5,185,106$5,122,961$4,922,891
SOPS Department of Correction Retained Revenue$34,091,462$34,238,867$35,326,271$34,628,401
Western Massachusetts Hospital Expansion$0$0$0$0
Tewksbury Hospital RR$2,294,352$2,154,993$2,140,871$2,036,372
Prostate Cancer Research Program$948,920$1,106,859$1,060,959$0
Municipal Naloxone Bulk Purchase Program$593,075$589,956$608,736$596,710
Pediatric Palliative Care$7,783,019$8,533,548$9,876,001$8,810,806
Violent Crime Prevention Pilot$1,186,150$2,988,518$10,680,109$10,066,465
Youth Violence Prevention Grants$3,742,303$4,427,435$4,268,290$4,021,759
Youth-At-Risk Matching Grants$9,281,622$8,627,963$8,959,801$7,200,000
Tewksbury Hospital DDS Client Retained Revenue$4,495,141$4,250,664$4,228,836$4,040,651
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Opioid Commission$0$0$0$0
New Chardon Street Shelter$0$0$0$0
Support Services for People at Risk of Domestic Violence$0$0$0$0
Domestic Violence Specialists$0$0$0$0
Domestic Violence Housing$0$0$0$0
Board of Registration in Nursing$0$0$0$0
Board of Registration in Pharmacy$0$0$0$0
Board of Registration in Medicine$0$0$0$0
Physician Profile$0$0$0$0
School-Based Health Education$0$0$0$0
Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Fund$0$0$0$0
Public Health Trust Fund Tax Transfer$10,145,036$10,563,287$11,523,543$10,861,438

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