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House cuts force Division 3 priorities; House leaders warn 3% Medicaid rate reduction could harm provider capacity
Summary
Representative Jess Edwards said Division 3 faced a sizable reduction mandate and that the House's top recommendation to the Senate is that any additional funds be used first to reverse a 3% Medicaid rate reduction that was included in the House package.
Representative Jess Edwards, chairing Division 3, told senators that Division 3 faced significant pressure from an approximately $290 million reduction target from the governor's original Division 3 request and that the House applied a combination of back-of-the-budget reductions and program prioritization.
Edwards said the House tried to protect direct care in developmental-disability services and to preserve the most vulnerable residential services, but that some reductions were unavoidable. He said the House included a 3% Medicaid rate reduction…
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