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Finance subcommittee retains HB547 to pursue multi-year repayment of retroactive FMAP funds to counties
Summary
Finance – Division 3 retained HB547 to continue negotiations and carry the bill into HB 2, after hearing county officials describe a disputed $22.5–$25 million liability the state received from enhanced FMAP payments and a proposal to repay counties in four equal annual installments.
Finance – Division 3 retained HB547 and directed staff to continue working on an HB 2 budget item to address county reimbursement of enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) funds the state received early in the COVID period, the committee chair said.
Background: committee members and county representatives described a timeline in which the federal government increased FMAP early in the public health emergency; the state received the enhanced federal share beginning in February 2020 but did not have (or act under) statutory authority to pass retroactive amounts to counties until July 1, 2021.…
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