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Committee forwards $3.37M one-time bridge for adult day health centers while department studies longer-term options
Summary
The committee sent a supplemental appropriation to the full Board without recommendation for roughly $3.37 million in one-time bridge funds to keep adult day health centers operating after the state cut adult day health from the Medi‑Cal plan; providers and advocates urged approval, and the department will return with staffing justification and follow-up details.
The Budget and Finance Committee forwarded to the Board a supplemental appropriation to provide one-time bridge funding to adult day health centers after the state removed adult day health from the Medi‑Cal plan and eliminated the federal matching funds tied to that state benefit.
Department of Aging and Adult Services staff explained that the state action resulted in about a $10 million local funding loss; the department proposed approximately $3.4 million in one-time funding to maintain operations through a seven-month transition…
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