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Appropriations committee debates whether to fund prevention programs from opioid settlement or substance‑misuse prevention fund
Summary
Vermont's House Appropriations Committee discussed three options for four prevention items totaling $640,000: leave them in the opioid abatement special fund, move them into the substance misuse prevention fund in the budget, or keep them in the opioid fund and make no budget changes. Members requested more fiscal detail and evaluation information before deciding.
Members of the Vermont House Appropriations Committee spent the Feb. 27 meeting weighing where to place four prevention items totaling $640,000 — in the opioid abatement special fund, in the substance misuse prevention fund (which receives cannabis revenue), or moved into the regular budget for centralized treatment, Joint Fiscal Office analyst Noah Langwell told the committee.
Langwell told members they faced three options: pass the bill as Human Services recommended and leave the opioid and substance misuse items in place, "strip out section 7" and move the substance misuse money into the budget so all related items are handled together, or "just use the…
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