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Senate committee restores Medicaid provider rates, funding for developmental disabilities and community mental health
Summary
The Senate committee voted to adopt amendments to the budget that delete a proposed Medicaid provider rate cut and restore funding for the developmental disabilities wait list and community mental health programs; all three measures passed by voice vote.
CONCORD, N.H. — The committee voted to adopt three budget amendments that preserve current Medicaid provider rates and restore funding for services for people with developmental disabilities and for community mental health programs.
Senator Carson introduced amendment 2025-2010s to House Bill 2, saying it deletes section 443 that would have reduced Medicaid provider rates and instead leaves rates at current levels. "I have amendment number, 2025 dash 2010s to present to the committee," Carson said during the meeting. The committee approved the amendment by voice vote; a formal roll-call tally was not recorded on the transcript.
The committee then approved two separate amendments to restore funding for the developmental disabilities wait list and for community mental…
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