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Appropriations panel strips summer EBT administration from OPI, debates transfer to DPHHS
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee removed the Office of Public Instruction's administrative appropriation for the Summer EBT program and debated moving administration to the Department of Public Health and Human Services; a related cross-section global was withdrawn before a vote.
The House Appropriations Committee on February 6 removed the Office of Public Instruction’s (OPI) appropriation for administration of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer EBT) program and debated where administration should be housed.
Committee members moved and debated a global amendment that would have shifted Summer EBT administration from OPI to the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS). Representative Cafaro explained that the program was administered jointly by OPI and DPHHS in the current biennium and that combining administration in one agency would “streamline and simplify the process” (Representative Cafaro).
Why it matters: The committee’s action changes which agency would hold the personnel and administrative authority for Summer EBT in the budget text, and…
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