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Division recommends caregiver respite, RSVP funding as amended; committee funds RSVP contingent on surplus
Summary
House Bill 704 (caregiver respite and senior volunteer programs) was recommended ought to pass as amended after members adopted amendment 2963-H to fund the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) for one year contingent on surplus funds; vote was 10-0.
House Finance Division III reviewed House Bill 704 on Sept. 29, a bill that would appropriate funding for caregiver respite and senior volunteer programs including the RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program).
DHHS fiscal staff told the committee that much of the bill's proposals had already been funded in the adopted budget. Michael Ripple (fiscal staff) and other DHHS witnesses explained that the Alzheimer's respite program and senior companion program were funded in HB 1, while the senior volunteer grant program…
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