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Subcommittee advances budget and performance changes for Long‑Term Care Ombudsman
Summary
The Joint Ways and Means Human Services Subcommittee moved House Bill 5,020, approving LFO budget recommendations, changes to key performance measures and a dash 1 amendment adding specific fund amounts and positions; the package passed the work session with no recorded objections and will go to the full committee.
The Joint Ways and Means Human Services Subcommittee on May 28 approved the Legislative Fiscal Office's recommendation for House Bill 5,020, the budget bill for the Long‑Term Care Ombudsman program, and adopted a dash 1 amendment providing specific general and other fund amounts and preserving 41 positions.
Gregory Jolivette of the Legislative Fiscal Office told the subcommittee the LFO recommended a total funds budget of $17,532,418 and 41 positions (40.5 FTE), a 13.9% increase over the 2023'025 legislatively approved budget and a 12.1% increase over the 2025'027 current service level. Jolivette identified two notable adjustments: a…
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