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Subcommittee approves federal grants and non‑lapsing authorities; excludes local health emergency non‑lapsing item
Summary
The Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee approved a package of legislative motions to accept federal grants, technical transfers and non‑lapsing intent language for multiple public‑health line items; members removed the local health emergency non‑lapsing request from the package after debate.
The Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee voted to approve a package of committee motions that authorizes acceptance of federal grants, expendable receipt increases, technical transfers, and non‑lapsing intent language for a number of Department of Health and Human Services line items.
Legislative staff presented a consolidated list of motions (labeled CO1 through CO12 in committee materials) that covered: approval to accept federal grants for FY2025–FY2026 (CO1); authority to increase expendable receipts for certain epidemiology grants (CO2); technical transfers between line items (CO3); and multiple non‑lapsing intent language requests allowing specified unspent funds to carry forward for narrowly defined public health purposes (CO4–CO7). Several performance‑measure adjustments and insertions into the base budget were also presented (CO8–CO12).
Chair Stratton moved to approve the motions as presented. Senator Baldry proposed a substitute motion to approve the package but exclude CO7 — the request to allow up to $75,000 of unspent funds to carry forward for local health emergencies — citing concerns about how local health departments use funds. The substitute motion passed in committee and the House caucus present; committee staff recorded a minority opposition from Representative Daley (Provo), Senator Plumb, Representative Fitzsimona and Representative Ward on that particular amendment. The effect: the motions package passed with CO7 removed.
The motions approved will authorize the department to accept and budget specified federal grants, make the identified technical transfers, and permit limited non‑lapsing carryforward amounts for items such as communicable disease equipment and alcohol/tobacco/drug prevention programs. Staff and agencies said these authorities do not create new general‑fund appropriations but allow the department to administratively manage federal and restricted funds and to preserve unspent balances for stated public‑health purposes.
Ending: The committee approved the package (CO1–CO12) with CO7 removed; staff said agencies must continue to provide details on how non‑lapsing balances will be spent and will be accountable to the committee on implementation.
