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Appropriators debate whether to follow Human Services or opioid‑settlement advisory recommendations on prevention funding
Summary
Committee members debated using the substance misuse prevention fund versus opioid settlement recommendations for prevention and treatment programs (including a $660,000 reallocation cited in discussion); members raised concerns about transparency, advisory process, and the need for more testimony before changing prior allocations.
Members of the House Appropriations Committee spent a substantial portion of the March 11 hearing discussing how to allocate prevention and treatment dollars across the substance misuse prevention fund and the opioid settlement fund.
Several members expressed concern that the administration’s internal decisions about how to spend cannabis- or prevention‑designated money had not been clearly communicated to the committee. One member described being led to believe certain…
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