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Committee approves governor's $25M Millennium Fund recommendation after debate over Medicaid use

INTERIM & SPECIAL COMMITTEES · February 12, 2026
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Summary

After extended debate about statutory intent and oversight, the committee recommended sending the governor's $25 million Millennium Fund transfer to mitigate an updated Medicaid forecast to JFAC, with members requesting payback language and oversight safeguards.

The interim committee debated whether to recommend the governor’s one-time transfer of $25,000,000 from the Millennium Fund to mitigate an updated Medicaid forecast impact on the general fund.

Representative Mitchell moved the recommendation to appropriate $25,000,000 to the Department of Health and Welfare (Division of Medicaid) as the governor proposed. Representative Erickson and others cited House Bill…

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