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Committee offers JFAC budget guidance on Medicaid, LIHEAP, pharmacy costs, foster care and behavioral health
Summary
Committee members prepared guidance for JFAC on Medicaid, LIHEAP, pharmacy spending, foster‑care staffing and behavioral health budgets.
The committee spent a portion of the meeting preparing recommendations to the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee (JFAC) on several budget sections.
Representative Kaler and Representative Redmond summarized Medicaid items they reviewed and suggested policy options including work, volunteer, training and education requirements tied to expansion sideboards. They recommended examining Medicaid pharmacy spending; Kaler said there was “over 500,000,000 spent in fiscal year 2022” on pharmacy costs and urged review of the drugs and patient groups driving those costs.
Several members recommended shifting programs administered in Health and…
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