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Committee funds $200,000 for legislative consultant to oversee Medicaid managed‑care implementation

Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee · March 23, 2026
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Summary

The joint committee approved a $200,000 current‑year supplemental to hire a consultant for a legislative Medicaid review panel to oversee the state’s managed‑care transition, despite objections that the expense duplicates work already contracted by the Department of Health and Welfare.

Keith Bybee, Division Manager of Budget Policy Analysis, briefed the committee on a trailer to House Concurrent Resolution 30. Bybee said HCR 30 would authorize the legislature to contract for services to oversee the implementation of Medicaid managed care and described prior…

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