Committee advances bill restricting Health and Welfare from making budget-implicating policy changes outside session
The committee voted to advance House Bill 90, a bill that would limit the Department of Health and Welfare’s ability to make policy changes with budget implications outside the legislative session, following debate about agency flexibility and a cited program deficit.
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The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Thursday advanced House Bill 90 to the Senate floor with a do-pass recommendation. Sponsor Senator Brian Lenney described the bill as preventing the Department of Health and Welfare from making policy decisions that have budget implications outside the legislative session.
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