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Lawmakers question placement of programs and pass‑through grants as accreditation and DEI concerns surface
Summary
Committee members pressed the Department of Health and Welfare on whether certain programs belong inside the division, raised concerns about accreditation and diversity‑equity‑inclusion language, and questioned pass‑through funding for a university‑hosted education platform.
During the budget hearing, several legislators pressed agency leadership on whether particular public‑health programs should remain inside the Division of Public Health Services or be relocated to other state agencies, and they raised objections to accreditation standards that include repeated references to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Representative Price and others asked whether programs such as Alzheimer’s and dementia services and the Fit and Fall Proof exercise program might better belong in an agency that focuses on aging services. Price specifically asked if Alzheimer’s and Fit and Fall Proof should be moved to the Commission on Aging and whether the drug overdose prevention program belonged at the Office of Drug Policy. Director Alex…
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