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House appropriations panel adds $1.2 million, restores FTE for Department of Veterans Affairs in Senate Bill 2025
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee adopted an amendment and sent amended Senate Bill 2025 out of committee with additional general-fund spending, a restored FTE for a veterans benefits specialist, and changes to governance language for the Veterans Home and department oversight.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to adopt an amendment and advance amended Senate Bill 2025, adding $1.2 million in general-fund dollars and restoring one full-time equivalent position for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The amendment, offered by Representative O’Brien, was adopted on a roll call that the committee clerk recorded as 22 yes, 0 no and 1 absent. Committee members then voted to engross and give the bill a do-pass recommendation as amended, by the same margin; Representative O’Brien will be the House carrier.
The bill as amended increases the department’s appropriation to add a veterans benefits specialist FTE (the position had been removed in 2017) with $6,270 for operating expenses; restores $50,000 moved into operating expenses to reflect a commissioner salary equity adjustment; and adds general-fund, one-time money for…
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