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Committee hears bill to route vending commissions to Blind Enterprise Program account

2144784 · January 20, 2025
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Summary

Representative Valerie Moore presented House Bill 161 to create a state special revenue account to collect commissions from non‑blind vending operators and allocate them to the Blind Enterprise Program (BEP). DPHHS said the change fixes a bookkeeping gap after the program was moved in-house.

Representative Valerie Moore opened the hearing on House Bill 161, which would create a vending machine account in the state special revenue fund to collect commissions from non‑blind vendors operating on federal and state properties and appropriate the funds to the Department of Public Health and Human Services’ Blind Enterprise Program (BEP). “House bill 161 would create a vending machine account in the state special revenue…

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