Budget conference: Chambers sign off on slashing 600 state Health Department positions

Budget conference: Chambers sign off on slashing 600 state Health Department positions

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) is downsizing, employment-wise, under the Legislature’s spending plan for the coming fiscal year. In its latest cross-rotunda offer, the House agreed to the Senate’s proposal to eliminate 451 vacant DOH positions and cut another 150 posts through a staffing budget reduction. Combined, the 601 slashed positions — representing about 4.5% of its employment rolls — are expected to result in a $34.4 million favo…

Florida Budget Conference: Chambers Sign Off On Slashing 600 State Health Department Positions - South Florida Reporter

Combined, the 601 slashed positions — about 4.5% of its employment rolls — will result in a $34.4 million favorable impact on the state’s General Revenue Fund.