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Healthcare subcommittee funds aging services, behavioral health, genomic testing and a neurological center of excellence
Summary
The healthcare subcommittee reported investments to expand services for older adults, behavioral‑health capacity, dementia care access and genomic testing programs; presenters also cited faster referral times for dementia patients and funding to clear public‑health complaint backlogs.
Representative Hewitt, presenting the healthcare subcommittee report, emphasized the state’s aging population and said roughly 26 percent of residents are age 60 or older. The subcommittee recommended funding across a range of health priorities including mobile maternity care, pediatric hospital services, childcare supports for working parents, and increased reimbursement rates for behavioral‑health providers.
The presenter said the state will expand inpatient residential and community treatment options for serious mental…
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