Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Committee discusses making $5/day basic care rate increase one-time and using health care trust fund to replace GF
Summary
Members debated re-labeling a $5-per-day basic care rate addition as one-time funding and replacing $1.448 million of general fund with the health care trust fund; committee sought more information and agreed in principle to the accounting change, with next steps assigned to HHS for cost figures and the ongoing study referenced in SB 2271.
Committee members debated whether a $5-per-day addition to the basic care daily rate should be ongoing or moved to one-time funding and whether the Health Care Trust Fund could replace a portion of the general fund obligation.
Senator Davidson said the proposal would reduce a $4.067 million general fund obligation by roughly $1.448 million and make the $5-per-day addition a one-time appropriation. "From this discussion then, I think we have an agreement that, to do on on the 1 time…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
