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Committee directs $60 million reduction in other-funds authority after federal COVID funding drop; staff to track FMAP change
Summary
Budget staff and committee members agreed to remove $60 million of other-funds authority tied to federal COVID-era public-health dollars the state no longer expects to receive, and to reflect preliminary FMAP changes in the long sheet pending final federal confirmation.
Senate appropriators directed staff to reduce the department’s other-funds authority by about $60 million to reflect federal COVID-era public-health funds they do not expect to receive, and they instructed staff to include a preliminary 1% FMAP (federal medical assistance percentage) adjustment in the long sheet.
Department budget staff told the committee that the federal government has signaled the state will not receive roughly $60 million in COVID- related public-health…
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