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Senate Finance Committee agrees to print bill to add Office of Administrative Hearings to statewide cost-allocation model

3434695 · February 18, 2025
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The Senate Finance Committee voted by unanimous consent at its meeting to print a bill that would give the Division of Financial Management statutory authority to include the Office of Administrative Hearings in the statewide cost allocation program known as SWICAP and permit direct billing to the Department of Health and Welfare.

The Senate Finance Committee voted by unanimous consent at its meeting to print a bill that would give the Division of Financial Management statutory authority to include the Office of Administrative Hearings in the statewide cost allocation program known as SWICAP and permit direct billing to the Department of Health and Welfare.

The bill would start a cost-estimation process in fiscal year 2026 and, according to committee staff, would fully move the Office of Administrative Hearings into the SWICAP model by fiscal year 2028. Lori Wolf, administrator for the Division of Financial Management, told the committee the move follows growth in the office’s caseload and agency use since its establishment.

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