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Committee debates hotel/motel use, caps and case‑management requirements for temporary shelters
Summary
Members disagreed about putting numerical caps in statute for hotel/motel placements and instead asked the implementation committee to recommend expectations on household participation in case management and possible caps; the committee conducted a voice straw poll to capture agreement on returning recommendations for rules and implementation.
Committee members spent an extended period debating whether the bill should set statutory caps (for example, a 90‑day cap) on hotel/motel stays and whether continuation of temporary or transitional shelter should carry an expectation of household participation in case management.
Pro‑cap members argued caps preserve rooms and limit quicker exhaustion of limited funds; others warned that hard caps could force exits for people still awaiting placements (for example, a person awaiting a…
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