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Joint Appropriations Committee outlines budget changes and priorities during Committee of the Whole
Summary
The Joint Appropriations Committee presented a budget bill overview and agency‑by‑agency explanations in the Committee of the Whole, describing net appropriations, transfers to separate capital and rural health bills, TRP reductions, selected rate‑rebase denials and increases to Medicaid waivers and DD supports.
The Committee of the Whole convened on the House floor for an extended presentation of the JAC budget bill. Representative Bair, Joint Appropriations chair, summarized the committee’s major moves: initial executive branch recommendations were roughly $11.1 billion across funds; JAC moved several large requests into separate bills (capital construction, K‑12 facilities, rural health transformation and direct distribution) and reduced the overall net appropriation to a lower total for the budget bill as presented to the House (SEG 2093–2216).
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