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Michigan sues U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over grant cuts

By Editorial Board Published April 1, 2025 3 Min Read
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Michigan sues U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over grant cuts

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Michigan Legal professional Basic Dana Nessel joined 23 states in suing the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers (HHS) and Sec. Robert F. Kennedy for terminating almost $11 billion in “critical” public well being grants nationwide, together with $379.3 million in grant funding awarded and owned to Michigan.

President Trump’s nominee for Well being and Human Providers Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seen following his Senate Well being, Schooling, Labor and Pensions Committee nomination listening to on Thursday, January 30, 2025.

The terminated grant funding contains:

A psychological well being grant to help providers for Michiganders affected by critical psychological sickness or extreme emotional disturbances, together with kids’s providers.

A substance abuse grant to reinforce substance use dysfunction providers for underserved and marginalized populations, together with pregnant girls, girls with younger kids, opioid customers, and rural populations.

CDC funding for the management of infectious illnesses that was funding laboratory upgrades statewide, all through each peninsulas, and with out which the MDHHS’s and native well being departments’ capability to answer healthcare-associated infections in healthcare amenities is successfully eradicated.

And CDC grants for the immunization and vaccination of youngsters that have been getting used for vaccine ordering and storage, internet hosting vaccine clinics, and supporting translation providers for vaccination info to non-English talking dad and mom and sufferers. The State was due a remaining steadiness of $49 million towards these awards and supposed to make use of a part of these funds to supply routine immunizations and immunizations in opposition to seasonal respiratory viruses to kids, adults, and susceptible and underserved populations. 

The Workplace of the Legal professional Basic says MDHHS workers and associates depend on these federally promised funds to carry out vital public well being providers and actions all through the state.

“The Trump administration is now terminating millions in grants being used in our state to support vaccine clinics for kids, crisis mental health services, opioid abuse intervention, and to control disease spread in healthcare facilities,” stated Legal professional Basic Nessel in a information launch despatched to six Information. “And once again they’re breaking the law to take money that has been granted to the states. These programs keep Michigan healthy and, in some cases, help save lives, and that’s worth standing up and fighting for.” 

Within the lawsuit, the coalition of attorneys basic seeks a short lived restraining order to invalidate Sec. Kennedy’s and HHS’s mass grant termination within the litigating states, which argues the actions violated the Administrative Process Act.

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