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JFAC leaves Health and Social Services Ombudsman at current funding level; rejects a small salary increase request
Summary
Committee voted to provide no additional appropriation for the newly created Office of the Health and Social Services Ombudsman while rejecting a substitute motion to add $25,000 for salaries.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted to not increase the FY2026 appropriation for the Office of the Health and Social Services Ombudsman, an office established last session to review health and social-services complaints involving children in state care.
Representative Price moved, and the committee approved, a motion providing no additional appropriation for FY2026. A substitute motion by Senator Cook to add $25,000 for salary increases was considered and failed…
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