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Committee rejects amendment to clear DD waiver waitlist after extended debate (8–15 roll call)
Summary
Senator Braun’s Amendment 11, which would have funded people on the developmental‑disability waiver service‑request list, failed on a roll call after extended debate about fiscal capacity and priorities; the vote was 8 ayes, 15 nays, 1 excused.
A contested amendment to the operating budget, offered by Senator Braun, sought funding to provide access to the individual and family services waiver for individuals on the developmental‑disability service‑request list.
Braun described the amendment as a bipartisan, straightforward attempt to fund the unfilled waitlist and carry that funding forward. "All this amendment would do is…
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