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HHS says capital 'stack' now covers late-added federally required element; Manchester property sale not relied on for build
Summary
Health and Human Services Commissioner Laurie Weaver told the Fiscal Committee the agency reassembled a capital funding stack after bids left insufficient money to fund a federally required element; the agency said sale proceeds from existing property are speculative and not counted on to finish construction.
Commissioner Laurie Weaver of the Department of Health and Human Services told the Fiscal Committee that a federally required element was added late in the capital project and that the agency had to adjust its funding approach after bids left the project short.
"We didn't have enough money to do the project," Weaver said, describing how the agency used add alternates and combined funding sources after legislation this session lifted a restriction that had limited how certain funds could be…
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