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Senate Finance adopts Article 2 work‑group recommendations, approves major HHSC and mental‑health funding
Summary
The Senate Finance Committee approved the Article 2 work‑group recommendations, adopting dozens of funding items and riders that together fund mental‑health bed build‑outs, Medicaid operations, and multiple HHSC and related agency initiatives totaling billions in all funds.
The Senate Finance Committee on an adopted voice vote approved the Article 2 work‑group recommendations, advancing a large package of funding and rider changes for health and human services agencies.
The vote adopted work‑group changes to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and affiliated agencies after three weeks of review, committee chair Senator Kolkhorst said. "Members, we spent over 3 weeks in work group," Senator Kolkhorst said, thanking staff and LBB analysts for their work.
The decisions cover multiple agencies including the Health and Human Services Commission, Department of Family and Protective Services, Department of State Health Services, the Office of Inspector General, and the Texas Civil Commitment Office. Among adopted items, the committee approved funding for expanded mental‑health bed capacity,…
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