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Veterans Services Plans Temporary Nursing Pool; Build America Buy America Rule Delays Boise Home Grant
Summary
The Division of Veteran Services said it will pilot a 22-position temporary nursing pool to reduce contract staffing costs and that construction funding for a new Boise veterans home is delayed pending a federal Build America Buy America waiver for state-home grant funding.
Idaho's Division of Veteran Services told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Friday it is piloting a temporary nursing pool to reduce reliance on costly contract nurses and that federally funded construction for a new Boise veterans home and Lewiston renovation is delayed while the state seeks waivers under the federal Build America Buy America Act.
Budget analyst Frances Lippett reviewed the division's five-year appropriations trends and said the division averaged 82.2% of authorized positions filled and a personnel cost appropriation averaging about $31.1 million. The division asked the committee to approve a net transfer of $1.2 million from operating…
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