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Human services spending dominated by DHS; direct care and treatment to split into new agency
Summary
Nonpartisan fiscal staff told the House Finance and Policy Committee that the Department of Human Services accounts for the vast majority of state human services spending and outlined transfers that will shift programs to a new Department of Direct Care and Treatment and to the Department of Children, Youth and Families.
Nonpartisan fiscal analysts told the House Finance and Policy Committee in an informational briefing that the Department of Human Services accounted for an overwhelming share of Minnesota’s human services spending for the current biennium.
"An all funds number that is $57,000,000,000 in total spending for the current biennium," said Doug Berg, fiscal analyst for the committee, adding that DHS makes up roughly 96% of that total in the current biennium. The analysts also provided a general‑fund breakdown showing a DHS general‑fund base of about $20,500,000,000 for the current biennium.
The committee was briefed on several agency reorganizations that…
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