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JBC staff flag $432,000 Health‑Life‑Dental uptick; committee leans to absorb cost
Summary
Joint Budget Committee staff reported a $432,000 increase to projected Health, Life and Dental (HLD) costs driven by updated insurance estimates; staff warned the impact would fall unevenly across departments and the committee indicated a preference to absorb the cost rather than require departments to reallocate personal‑services lines.
Mitch Burmeister, JBC staff, told the committee that updated insurance estimates from the Department of Personnel and Administration (DPA) and the Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) increased the projected Health, Life and Dental (HLD) cost by about $432,000 compared with earlier estimates.
"They reached out, and they said because when I kind of created those numbers, I don't have all the I don't work with the insurance companies to figure this out... DPA and OSPB got back to me and said that there would be some changes to the totals... they sent me new numbers last week that…
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