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Appropriations committee amendment restores overdose-prevention appropriation to H.218; straw poll taken
Summary
The Appropriations Committee proposed an amendment to H.218 that restores a $1.1 million appropriation for an overdose prevention center; staff reported fund balances and projected future settlement receipts. The committee took a nonbinding straw poll in favor of the amendment.
The committee considered an Appropriations Committee amendment to H.218 (opioid abatement settlement fund) that restores a $1,100,000 appropriation to the Department of Health for an overdose prevention center.
Katie, staff reviewing the amendment, said the amendment adds the $1.1 million appropriation back into the bill’s list of items for fiscal year 2026 and renumbers the remaining items in the section. She described the change as restoring the amount previously removed earlier in the drafting process.
Representative Lully, speaking for the Appropriations Committee, said the committee restored the…
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