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Legislative committee forwards intent language to Appropriations to reserve $4 million for residential substance-use treatment
Summary
A legislative committee unanimously voted to send draft language to the Appropriations Committee recommending at least $4,000,000 of a proposed $10,000,000 provider stabilization appropriation be directed to sustainability grants for mental-health and substance-use residential treatment facilities.
A legislative committee voted unanimously to forward draft intent language to the Appropriations Committee recommending that not less than $4,000,000 of a proposed $10,000,000 provider stabilization appropriation be directed to sustainability grants for mental-health and substance-use residential treatment facilities.
The language, read into the record by Jen Kirby of the Office of Legislative Counsel, mirrors wording that appeared in the governor’s recommended budget adjustment act (BAA) for the original $4,000,000 appropriation. Kirby said the draft would state that “it is the intent of the general assembly that to the extent that funds are appropriated in this act to provide grant assistance for stabilization of health care and human services providers, not less than 4,000,000 of the appropriation shall be directed to sustainability grants to mental health and substance use residential treatment facilities.”
Committee members said the $4,000,000 amount was part of an original governor’s recommendation that was later moved and included in a larger $10,000,000 request. Committee discussion recorded in the transcript noted that the $4,000,000 originally presented by AHS (Agency of Human Services) was transferred so the broader $10,000,000 could apply to different types of providers. Members asked how the additional $6,000,000 would be balanced; the transcript records that the allocation of the remaining funds was not specified during the committee’s action.
The committee took a straw poll and then a formal roll-call-style vote by raised hands; the motion to send the draft language to Appropriations carried 11-0, according to the record. The motion’s mover and seconder were not specified in the transcript. The committee’s action is a recommendation to Appropriations and does not itself appropriate funds or alter the underlying budget language.
No formal amendments to the proposed language were recorded during the committee discussion. Speakers who addressed the item included legislative staff and multiple representatives on the committee; the Office of Legislative Counsel provided the exact text being recommended for placement into the bill.
The committee planned to reconvene later to continue work on other agenda items.
