Pennsylvania would spend $325 million in federal funds to support parts of its health care delivery system infrastructure that have shown cracks during the COVID-19 crisis under Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed FY 2023 budget.

That budget, unveiled on Tuesday, February 8, includes funding, as described in a Wolf administration news release, for

• $250 million for long-term care recruitment and retention incentives and workforce development initiatives to grow the critical healthcare workforce​;
• $40 million for the behavioral health workforce to expand county mental health programs; and 
• $35 million to expand the student loan forgiveness program at PHEAA to include additional critical healthcare workers.

Funding for these purposes would come from federal American Rescue Plan Act allocations to Pennsylvania.

Find the news release with this information here and find proposed FY 2023 budget documents here.