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JFAC corrects Health & Welfare staffing cut, extends Medicaid managed-care deadline
Summary
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a technical correction restoring two FTPs in the Department of Health & Welfare and adopted language extending the deadline for Medicaid state-plan/waiver submissions to 2027 after hearing about MMIS procurement delays and litigation.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted to correct an administrative staffing error and to extend a Medicaid deadline during its March 23 meeting.
Alex Williamson, a budget and policy analyst with Legislative Services, told the committee that an earlier action had overstated the number of full-time positions cut in the Division of Licensing and Certification. "The funding for the positions is still in the base budget," Williamson said, explaining that the committee had…
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