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Legislator seeks procurement changes after state NEMT award; community action agencies urge consideration of local impact
Summary
Rep. Bill Birgio asked the Health and Human Services Committee to consider procurement scoring that accounts for the impact of large nonmedical transportation contracts on local Community Action Agencies.
Representative Bill Birgio asked the Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday to examine whether state procurement scoring should incorporate the community benefit and local economic effect of large non‑emergency medical transportation (NEMT) contracts.
Sponsor's concern Birgio told the committee he received appeals from local community action agencies that the recent statewide NEMT contract award to an out‑of‑state vendor threatens revenue streams that CAAs use to fund a range of local programs. "What prompts LD 1125 is a decision by DHHS to award a large…
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