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Committee staff outline statewide decisions: health benefits, CEC options and contract inflation ahead of votes
Summary
Legislative staff briefed the Joint Finance committee on the statewide decision packet for FY 2026, including personnel benefit cost adjustments, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation and two competing approaches to change‑in‑employee‑compensation (CEC). Staff said committee votes are scheduled later in the week.
Keith Bybee, Division Manager of Budget Policy Analysis for the Legislative Services Office, and other staff reviewed the statewide decision packet and a schedule for committee action on compensation and benefits.
Bybee told members the packet includes multiple votes the committee will take later in the week, including general fund revenue assumptions, personnel benefit cost adjustments (notably for health insurance), contract inflation, statewide cost allocation and change in employee compensation (CEC). He said the governor’s recommendations and alternate options from the CEC…
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