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Committee hears bill to extend funding for supported decision-making grants
Summary
House File 2060 would extend funding for supported decision-making grants and add $2 million to continue services that help adults with cognitive disabilities make decisions without guardianship, the committee heard.
House File 2060, a bill to continue and expand supported decision-making grants, was introduced and laid over for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill after testimony from a self-advocate and a county provider.
Representative Do introduced the bill, describing supported decision making as “an approach to decision making for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities or other cognitive impairments that provides them the support that they need to be the ultimate decision makers in matters concerning their own lives.” The bill would transfer an unexpended appropriation from the prior biennium to the next and add $2,000,000 to the…
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