The Alabama Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan is asking lawmakers for a share of the state’s remaining federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act.
Published:The Alabama Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan is asking lawmakers for a share of the state’s remaining federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act to cover the cost of medical expenses from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The $84 million is an updated request covering COVID-19 related expenses from March 2021 through July 2022. That includes the cost of testing, diagnosing, and treating the virus, as well as vaccinations. Overall, COVID-19 costs to PEEHIP from the start of the pandemic through July were about $131 million. The insurance program received $29 million from a previous federal COVID package, the CARES Act.
Congress provided states some flexibility on how they can use ARPA funds. The Alabama Legislature allocated $400 million from the first half of the state’s ARPA money to help build new prisons in Elmore and Escambia counties.were allocated to the expansion of broadband internet access, water and sewer projects, the state’s unemployment compensation trust fund, hospitals and nursing homes, and other purposes.
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