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Appropriations committee reviews multiple line items: DA cash-flow, Section 8 accounting, Medicaid codes and recovery center grants
Summary
Committee members reviewed a range of budget technicalities and onetime expenditures, including a proposed $9.5M gross ($3.9M general) to raise DA utilization assumptions, a $5M Section 8 appropriation accounting change, Medicaid nonemergency transport adjustments, and a family-planning Medicaid match proposal estimated to gross up $85,000 to $850,000.
After the Agency of Education testimony, the Senate Appropriations Committee moved through several line items and technical budget constructs that staff and members said require further spreadsheet work before final action.
Designated agencies and payment timing: Committee members discussed language addressing cash-flow stress for designated agencies (DAs) as the state transitions to a new payment system. Staff estimated that raising utilization assumptions to 65% would cost roughly $9.5 million gross, about $3.9 million in general fund, to avoid deficits during a…
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