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Budget includes $8.6M for federal conflict‑free case management; committee hears staffing, contractor and geographic requirements
Summary
The department’s FY26 proposal contains an $8.6 million request for federally required conflict‑free case management and related program changes; testimony outlined new positions, contractor costs and expectations for local presence in contracts.
The governor’s FY26 budget includes an $8.6 million proposal to implement federally required conflict‑free case management and related payment‑reform work across developmental and adult services, department officials told the committee.
That line item “is the mandatory federal conflict free case management” included in the Agency of Human Services budget, the department said. The $8.6 million request was described as a global commitment to fund case management conversion, development of broker services, supports for self-managed services, third‑party eligibility contracts and data and quality positions.
Committee members asked how the…
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