Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) on Wednesday accused Gov. Larry Hogan (R) of going back on a five-year deal to provide operating funds for the struggling Prince George’s County hospital system.
“We had an agreement,” Miller said after reviewing the governor’s fiscal 2018 budget proposal. “The governor is reneging on his pledge to Prince George’s hospital.”
Under Hogan’s budget, the hospital system would receive $7.5 million from the state this year, instead of the $15 million in operating funds it expected. In fiscal 2018, the hospital would get $15 million instead of the expected $30 million.
Doug Mayer, a spokesman for Hogan, said the agreement forged last year is flexible and is not being violated by the governor.
Funding is “still on track; it’s just being pushed into outer years,” Mayer said, adding that Hogan consulted the University of Maryland Medical System, which is taking over management of the hospital, before deciding how much funding to allocate.
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