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Appropriations Committee reviews Senate changes to Budget Adjustment Act; debate focuses on HUD vouchers contingency and disability payment reform
Summary
Joint Fiscal Office staff told the House Appropriations Committee the Senate made limited changes to the Budget Adjustment Act but altered HUD‑voucher contingency language to let the Emergency Board transfer from a $50M appropriation as needed; the committee also reviewed payment‑reform language that raises an assumed utilization threshold to 65%.
Joint Fiscal Office staff briefed the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 17 about Senate amendments to the budget adjustment bill and highlighted several items for further conference negotiation, most notably contingency mechanics for HUD Section‑8 vouchers and language affecting developmental‑disability payment reform.
Emily Burns of the Joint Fiscal Office told the committee the Senate made relatively few dollar changes to the house bill but did alter program language in several places. On HUD voucher contingency, the house had earmarked $5,000,000 of a $50,000,000 appropriation for housing authorities to cover potential federal shortfalls; the senate left the full $50,000,000 in place and instead added language allowing the Emergency Board to transfer…
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