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JFAC staff outlines 10 program‑maintenance bills, schedule and what counts as maintenance
Summary
Budget staff explained why program maintenance is organized into 10 bills, which items are included (benefit cost adjustments, contract inflation, SWICAP, CEC) and which will be handled as enhancements (replacement items, population forecast adjustments). Committee set hearings and decision dates next week.
Budget staff told the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee how program maintenance will be packaged and scheduled for committee action, and clarified what counts as "program maintenance" versus enhancements.
Keith Bybee, Division Manager of Budget Policy Analysis, described the rationale for organizing program maintenance into 10 functional appropriations bills (examples: general government, public safety, health and human services, natural resources, education). He explained that the maintenance bills will start with the base budget and incorporate the building blocks between benchmark 4 and benchmark 5: personnel and benefit cost adjustments (including CEC), contract inflation (ongoing contracts and…
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