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Health committee finalizes budget letter, ranks top 10 priorities and asks Appropriations to review
Summary
Legislative Council presented the committee's FY2027 budget memo and ranked top 10 priorities (including home health/referral clinics, AHEC, Vermont Care Partners and Medicaid rate increases); the committee approved sending the memo to the House Appropriations Committee by straw poll and asked for an attached spreadsheet of all requests.
Jen Kirby of the Office of Legislative Council presented the committee's grant budget letter to the House Appropriations Committee for fiscal year 2027, saying the memo summarizes the committee's top 10 ranked priorities, funding requests advocates made, and language the committee recommends including in the budget bill.
Kirby walked members through priorities and language requests that included: appropriating health‑IT funds to establish a closed‑loop referral pathway…
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