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DSS outlines governor's human‑services proposals, flags federal limits and costs
Summary
Department of Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves summarized the administration's positions on bills affecting LIHEAP pricing, residential care home rates, MedConnect, antiretrovirals on the PDL, ICF/IDD per‑diem increases, and cautioned about federal constraints on emergency Medicaid expansion.
At the Human Services Committee, Department of Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves presented the agency's written and verbal testimony on several governor and committee bills.
Reeves said HB 5355 would modernize LIHEAP vendor reimbursements by removing "county" references and memorializing regional pricing standards developed by a working group. On residential care homes, she said the…
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