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DHHS requests $364.3 million in one-time spending, including $300 million for new state hospital
Summary
Department of Health and Human Services staff told the Appropriations - Human Resources Division committee the executive budget and amendments include $364,333,784 in one-time asks, led by a $300 million appropriation for a new state hospital and smaller capital and technology projects.
The Department of Health and Human Services asked the Appropriations - Human Resources Division to include $364,333,784 in one-time funding in the agency budget, including a $300,000,000 request to build a new state hospital.
Donna Auckland, presenting for the department, told the committee the executive budget and the department’s amendment packet list a set of one-time items and showed the total: “And then lastly, the new state hospital's on here for $300,000,000 in 1 time funding. So on the second page you can see total of all 1 time funding would be $364,333,784.”
Why it matters: the one-time package combines capital projects (the state hospital and the new state laboratory), shorter-term capital maintenance (bathrooms and a roof at human service centers and the Life Skills and…
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