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CA budget includes $13M boost to fight HIV, STIs & hep C

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California lawmakers are pumping an additional $13 million toward implementing a plan to end the combined epidemics of HIV, hepatitis C, and sexually transmitted infections.

The double-digit increase comes as health officials worry about seeing spikes in STIs after social distancing restrictions imposed to fight COVID-19 get lifted.

It is less than the $19 million that health advocates had sought and state legislators had initially added to the budget. Governor Gavin Newsom, who didn't allocate any additional funding toward ending the entwined three epidemics in his budget proposal, signed the budget bill that included the money July 16.

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