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Committee narrows behavioral-health funding differences; incarceration treatment line cut while youth stabilization pilot gains funding
Summary
The conference committee discussed multiple behavioral-health budget differences between the House and Senate, including a $2.5 million cut to treatment for incarcerated individuals and a $3 million increase for a youth crisis stabilization pilot.
The conference committee spent significant time on behavioral-health items where the House and Senate positions diverged. Senator Devers and others questioned reductions and recommended further discussion in conference committee; staff circulated line-item changes and rationales for each difference.
Keith, legislative council staff, summarized the most notable changes in the behavioral-health section. The Senate reduced funding for mental-health and substance-use disorder treatment for incarcerated individuals by $2,500,000. "The line item for mental health and substance use disorder treatment for…
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