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Appropriators press DHHS on fee schedule, IT projects and opioid/SIF funding buckets
Summary
Senators asked DHHS to compile a full fee schedule, questioned IT project timelines and costs and clarified how the SIF and opioid settlement allocations flow into department spending and the larger state hospital funding package.
During the division's review, senators asked the Department of Health and Human Services to supply a comprehensive list of fees, detail two department IT projects and explain how opioid settlement and State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) dollars are shown in the draft bill.
Senator Matherin and others raised a recurring theme: many departmental fees are small and have not kept pace with costs. A committee member said he believed some fees had not been raised "since 1980." Donna Auckland responded that the department had compiled fee lists for prior studies and could provide an updated inventory showing where…
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