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Appropriations HR division advances three bills: apprenticeship grants, veterans cemetery funding and insulin coverage
Summary
The Senate Appropriations CommitteeHuman Resources Division voted to advance three bills: apprenticeship grants (SB 2,239), a veterans cemetery appropriation amended to a line of credit (SB 2,265), and an insulin coverage measure (SB 2,370).
The Senate Appropriations Committee, Human Resources Division, moved three relatively brief items forward during the morning portion of the meeting, voting to recommend passage or adoption of amendments and instructing members on who would carry the measures to the full committee.
What advanced
- Senate Bill 2,239 (apprenticeship grants): Chairman Deaver summarized the bill as providing "$1,100,000 for grants for people in an apprenticeship." The policy committee had amended the distribution so the funds are front-loaded ("$3,000 over a three-year period" rather than $1,000 per year). Senator Cleary moved a due-pass recommendation and a motion to carry the bill to the full committee was volunteered; the roll call vote on the due-pass recommendation was recorded as carried.
- Senate Bill 2,265 (veterans cemetery grant Farholme): Senators discussed an amendment (filing reference mentioned as 37892 and document 0202) that changes the funding mechanism from SIF funding to a line of credit at the request of sponsors. Senator Cleary moved adoption of the amendment, Senator Mather (second) supported it, the amendment passed on voice vote, and a subsequent due-pass recommendation on the bill as amended carried. Senator Mather volunteered to carry the amendment/ bill forward.
- Senate Bill 2,370 (insurance coverage cap for insulin drugs and supplies): Senator Cleary moved a due-pass recommendation with a second from Senator Davison; the committee carried the motion. During discussion, an insurer representative (Blue Cross) was described as saying commercial carriers already place caps on insulin and that the bill would not affect self-insured employer plans.
Votes and procedure
- Each item received a motion for a due-pass recommendation (and an amendment in the case of SB 2,265). The clerk conducted roll calls where requested and the chair announced the motions carried. Where members were named on the record, votes were recorded as "aye." Committeemembers assigned or volunteered to carry individual bills to the full Appropriations Committee or to retain them for floor scheduling.
Ending: Committee members said the three measures would be routed according to routine committee procedure: amendments to be carried and the bills to the full committee or held by their sponsors as appropriate.
