More Transparency Urged On Tax Donation Program For Rural Ga. Hospitals

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October 24th, 2018

The state Department of Community Health noted Tuesday that under the law, hospitals must report next year how much donation money was collected in 2018, and about its spending of those dollars.

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Tens of millions of dollars in business and individual donations have gone to Georgia rural hospitals this year, thanks to a popular state tax credit program.

But how hospitals are spending that money this year has not been officially tracked, the state says. And right now, there apparently isn’t publicly available information on how much in donations that each eligible hospital has received so far in 2018.

An influential state lawmaker said Tuesday that the law needs tweaking to increase transparency. “There are things that need to be cleaned up,’’ said Rep. Terry England, R-Auburn, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.

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