Health Professions Committee begins markup of Budget Adjustment Act, closes multiple line items for now

The Health Professions Committee met Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, to begin markup of the governor's Budget Adjustment Act and to review midyear adjustments across human services portfolios.

Committee members and staff moved through the BAA spreadsheet, tentatively closing many technical and housekeeping items while holding back several larger expenditure and revenue questions for additional information. Committee members repeatedly stressed that "nothing is decided until everything is decided," reflecting the committee's practice of leaving items open pending further data.

Members flagged several topics for follow-up: technical corrections to Agency of Digital Services (ADS) billing across agencies, a large Medicaid caseload and utilization reconciliation (a gross adjustment discussed as about $78.8 million with a roughly $33 million general-fund share noted in committee materials), outstanding questions about $333,000 in carryforward grant offset details, and a $13 million childcare caseload/carryforward question. Staff said additional memos and letters (including a letter from House…