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Committee probes language for $250,000 recovery residence appropriation; staff recommend routing purchase through BGS
Summary
Members discussed House language authorizing funds for a recovery residence; fiscal staff and a chief fiscal officer recommended changing the appropriation recipient from the Department of Health to the Department of Buildings and General Services when the item is a building purchase.
Committee counsel and fiscal staff reviewed a line in the H.494 cash amendment allocating funds for a recovery residence and discussed which agency should receive authority to spend the money if the appropriation is for purchasing a property.
Attorney John Gray described where the recovery residence appears in the amendment language and noted it is listed in the cash column. Committee members raised the question of whether the…
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