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By TIM MORAN
tmoran@modbee.com

Last Updated: June 27, 2007, 10:45:45 AM PDT

Accounting errors, overstated revenues and a changing patient mix caused a $4.9 million operating deficit in the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency budget in the fiscal year that ends this week, agency managing director Mary Ann Lee said Tuesday.

The shortfall is on top of the $6.25 million the county planned to subsidize the Health Services Agency this year.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to cover that deficit with money from the HSA strategic plan contingency fund, the HSA Public Health Fund balance and tobacco settlement money.

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