Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Committee offers JFAC budget observations: Medicaid pharmacy costs, program transfers and foster-care staffing
Summary
Members reviewing Health & Welfare budget sections urged JFAC to examine Medicaid pharmacy spending, consider shifting LIHEAP and weatherization to energy, and noted foster-care staffing and mental-health contract spending as priorities.
A committee review of Health and Welfare budget sections produced recommendations and observations members plan to pass to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC).
Representative Kaler said she and Representative Redmond conducted a Medicaid budget review and recommended that the committee examine expansion sideboards, work and training requirements, and consider moving energy-related programs out of Health and Welfare. "Moving those to energy would, take a significant portion of responsibility out from underneath the Department of Health and Welfare," Kaler said,…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
