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JFAC debates health-insurance base and reserve risk; neither recommendation wins approval
Summary
Committee members debated two competing personnel benefit recommendations for FY2026: the governor’s $14,300-per-eligible-FTE base and the CEC’s $13,960 figure. The committee voted on a CEC substitute and on the governor’s motion; both failed to secure the required majority of both chambers.
Committee analysts presented two competing proposals for FY2026 personnel benefit (health insurance) funding and related statutory language. The two options differed primarily in the health-insurance base amount for eligible full-time equivalent (FTE) positions and the projected effect on the insurance plan reserve.
Keith Bybee, Division Manager in the Budget Policy Analysis Division, told members the Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment Committee had recommended setting the health insurance per eligible FTE at $13,960 (the CEC recommendation), producing a total general-fund increase of $29,996,000 and total funds of $40,261,200. The governor proposed a higher base—$14,300 per eligible FTE—bringing an estimated general-fund increase of $42,076,600 and total…
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