"Around 5% of a Travis County homeowner's property tax bill goes to Central Health. Those taxes must support health care for low-income and indigent residents. Central Health's new annual tax rate is 11.8 cents per $100 of valuation - an effective increase of more than 9% from last year. That means the average homeowner will pay around $64 more to Central Health on their next bill."
"At a meeting last week, Central Health board of managers treasurer Maram Museitif said the tax increase was needed to make up for federal budget cuts affecting Central Health and local partners the agency helps to support. "We are left without a choice," Museitif said. "Some of the federal policies have really impacted some of the services that are currently provided. In order for us really to sustain those services, we had to make a difficult choice of raising the taxes.""
Central Health approved an $875 million annual budget and raised its tax rate to 11.8 cents per $100 of valuation, an effective increase of more than 9%. About 5% of a Travis County homeowner's property tax bill goes to Central Health, meaning the average homeowner will pay roughly $64 more on the next bill. Central Health leaders cited federal budget cuts as the primary reason for the tax increase, saying cuts have reduced funding for services the district supports. County commissioners also raised the general Travis County tax rate to recover flood cleanup costs. Central Health, CommUnityCare, and Sendero are presenting a unified system and submitted a system-wide budget.
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