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Senate Health & Welfare weighs competing budget requests as revenue outlook weakens
Summary
Senate Health & Welfare members reviewed a consolidated list of health and human services budget requests, identifying primary care, long-term care and home- and community-based services as top priorities amid warnings of looming revenue shortfalls and potential cuts.
Senate Health & Welfare members spent their April 15 session reviewing two consolidated spreadsheets of health- and welfare-related budget requests and signaling that primary care, long-term care and maintenance of home- and community-based services are likely priorities as the state faces revenue uncertainty.
The committee heard from Nolan of the fiscal office, who said the materials presented were draft work-in-progress and described the two sheets: “The first one has pink on the top, and that is for new requests that aren't already in the budget... The orange ... is stuff, requests that were already in the budget.” Nolan cautioned that the lists include duplications and are not ordered by priority.
Committee members repeatedly emphasized that the committee…
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