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Senate Health & Welfare hears Medicaid budget request, agency cites $51 million utilization increase and federal risks
Summary
Department officials told the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on March 20 that the governor's Medicaid budget request reflects a roughly $51 million increase tied to caseload and utilization trends, and identified federal policy uncertainty as the largest risk to the estimate.
On March 20 during a meeting of the Senate Health & Welfare Committee, agency budget staff described the governor's proposed Medicaid budget and told senators the main upward pressure is higher-than-expected caseload and utilization, about $51 million across the department's three major line items.
The department presented a multi-page narrative and an “ups-and-downs” line item sheet that accompanies the governor's budget. Stephanie Barrett, finance director, and a colleague introduced the administrative and programmatic totals and said the agency's administrative request covers pay-act costs, 379 positions and a large contracts portfolio, much of it IT work administered in partnership with the state's digital services office.
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