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HCA warns proposed budget cuts would trim behavioral-health programs; conference committee expected this weekend
Summary
HCA legislative relations manager Sean O'Neil told the committee that House and Senate budget proposals are unusually aligned but include cuts affecting behavioral health — notably a 10% across-the-board reduction to Recovery Navigator programs, House-proposed FTE reductions at DBHR and contract cuts — and that conferees will negotiate a final budget likely by Sunday or Monday.
Sean O'Neil, legislative relations manager at the Health Care Authority, gave the committee a status report on the legislative session and budget negotiations.
O'Neil said the Legislature was at roughly day 50 of a 60-day session and that fiscal committees had a cutoff deadline the day of the meeting. He described the House and Senate budgets as unusually similar at the top line but said both proposed cuts affecting behavioral health programs. Notable items he flagged included a roughly 10% across-the-board reduction to Recovery Navigator…
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