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Committee hears plan to lock general assistance reimbursement at 75% and fund statewide GA database
Summary
City lobbying counsel told the committee the Legislature is moving an amended general assistance (GA) bill to set GA reimbursement at 75% and plans to reinforce a prior statutory requirement to build a statewide GA database, with bids estimated between $500,000 and $3 million.
Mayor Mark Don convened the legislative and nominating committee to hear a state legislative update, during which Keith Knox, contract counsel with Merge Steensure, outlined changes to how the state would handle general assistance reimbursement.
Knox said the Health and Human Services committee consolidated several competing proposals and "decided to pass 978," an amended bill that "would just move GA reimbursement to 75%." He told members the amendment removed a previous tiered approach and eliminated an earlier proposal to limit…
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