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Appropriations subcommittee considers restoring DHHS 'underfund' and creating salary block grant flexibility for clinics and CCBHCs
Summary
The subcommittee debated restoring part of the House’s $30 million underfund reduction to the Human Services salary pool and packaging funds to give DHHS flexibility to recruit staff and stand up Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs); staff provided figures for the amounts requested and proposed adjustments to the underfund.
Budget staff and senators discussed how to treat the Human Services salary 'underfund' and whether to provide a block‑grant style flexibility that would let the Department of Health and Human Services recruit for hard‑to‑fill positions and support new Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs).
Donna Auckland, representing DHHS, presented payroll-based calculations for the upcoming biennium. She said keeping flexibility in a pooled salary grant would help the department recruit for open positions such as a full‑time…
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