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Committee hears bill to commission fiscal analysis of Minnesota child welfare funding
Summary
Lawmakers and experts told the House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee that a contracted fiscal analysis could identify federal and other funding streams Minnesota is not fully using; the committee laid House File 2,135 over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill after adopting a DE3 amendment.
House File 2,135, carried in the Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee by Representative Pinto, would direct the Department of Children, Youth and Families to contract with an external consultant to conduct a comprehensive fiscal analysis of Minnesota’s child welfare funding and report back to the Legislature.
The bill as amended (DE3) was adopted and the measure was laid over for possible inclusion in a later omnibus bill.
The bill’s author, Representative Pinto, said the study would examine the state’s complex mix of county, state and federal…
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