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Committees back DHHS request to add infrastructure staff; hearing highlights revenue-generation plan and reporting timeline
Summary
Joint committees recommended that the County Council consider a supplemental to fund 11 DHHS infrastructure positions (6 revenue-generating, 5 not), directing the department to hire revenue positions first and report back in six months on revenue gains and claims processing improvements.
A joint session of the Montgomery County Council committees on Government Operations & Fiscal Policy and Health and Human Services on Oct. 12 recommended that the full council consider a supplemental appropriation to fund 11 infrastructure positions in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The committee discussion focused on which positions will be revenue-generating, how the department will secure Medicaid/MCO contracts and claims reimbursements, and a timeline for performance reporting.
At the hearing, Ms. Clemens Johnson, Department of Health and Human Services, described the supplemental as supporting 11 new positions: six positions tied directly to revenue-generation (primarily billing and practice-management functions) and five positions focused on program delivery and supervision. "So these positions will continue into FY26 knowing that and we will also, to offset that, increase our revenues for FY26 to continue to pay for this," Ms. Clemens Johnson said when asked about FY26 budgeting.
The transcript contains an inconsistent reference to the supplemental…
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