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JFAC updates standard language for federal grants and clarifies Health & Welfare behavioral health language
Summary
Committee adopted standardized language clarifying how federal grant funds are treated in appropriations and added clarifying sentences to Health & Welfare behavioral health and related program language to prevent misapplication or supplanting of state funds.
On Feb. 28 the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee adopted updated standard language for budgets that include federal grants and made clarifying changes to language affecting Department of Health and Welfare behavioral health enhancements.
Budget staff explained the adjusted language was intended to standardize how appropriations treat federal grants, entitlement programs and FMAP adjustments across departments. The…
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