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Public transit operator seeks $800,000 to cover Medicaid NEMT shortfall

House Appropriations Committee · January 15, 2026
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Summary

Tri-Valley Transit requested legislative relief for an $800,000 FY25 deficit in the Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation entitlement program and warned cuts to transit services could affect thousands of vulnerable riders.

Jim Bolton, executive director of Tri-Valley Transit, told the Appropriations Committee that the Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) entitlement program ran an $800,000 deficit in fiscal year 2025…

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