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House Human Services keeps eligibility language for H91 draft but directs intake, prioritization and regional planning changes
Summary
Committee elected to retain current eligibility wording in draft H91 for now, and directed staff to require abbreviated intake and assessment at all shelter entry points, promote coordinated entry use, add prioritization guidance for advisory committees, and prefer Community Action Agencies as regional resource organizations.
Members of the House Human Services committee continued deliberations on draft H91 (version 1.2) and decided to leave the bill’s current eligibility language in place for the moment while directing changes to how potential program participants are assessed and served.
The committee chair opened the session noting the group was “continuing discussion of H91, still on draft number 1.2, and we are on page 7 under eligibility.” The committee ultimately agreed to keep the existing eligibility text for now but to require that every intake point provide at least an abbreviated screening, use existing coordinated entry tools where feasible and develop regional planning guidance on prioritization and triage.
Why it matters: Committee members said the state’s emergency housing response has shifted since COVID-19, moving from broad, first-come, first-served access toward narrower eligibility rules. Members pressed that retaining the current statutory language without operational guidance risks leaving people without timely help. The committee directed staff and the implementation advisory body to return…
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