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HB927 hearing: sponsor seeks fiscal and policy notes on proposed reductions to health and community support waiver services
Summary
Delegate Pena-Melnick told the Rules Committee HB927 would require fiscal and policy notes to estimate populations and fiscal impacts when bills reduce health and community support waiver services; witnesses urged favorable reports and noted a $361,000 fiscal estimate that may be narrowed by amendment.
House Bill 927, introduced by Delegate Pena-Melnick, would require that any bill introduced or amended that reduces Department of Health-funded health and community support services include an expanded fiscal and policy note. The augmented note would estimate how many people would lose services (aggregated by jurisdiction), assess impacts on health and family well‑being, and evaluate resulting state health and social-service costs.
"The idea for the bill was prompted by the drastic…
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