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Committee questions private contractor fees and staffing for youth development claims process
Summary
Committee members asked why the attorney general's office uses a private contractor to process youth-development claims and sought details on administrative staffing and pay structures for the YDC claims administrator office.
Legislators pressed the youth development claims administrator's office and auditors on June 20 over the use of an outside contractor and the size and pay of the office's staff.
Representative Leishman asked why the attorney general's office engages a contractor identified in committee materials as Beryl Dina LLP (referred to elsewhere in the record as Veral Dana) and why the contractor’s fees totaled roughly $2.3 million in 2024 and more than $2 million in 2025. Auditor Paige Lorenz, who worked on the report, said the contractor conducts…
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