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Committee advances SB877 with blanked appropriation; DHS reported $6.7M request
Summary
SB877 would appropriate funds to expand Medicaid and home services conditional on federal matching funds. DHS asked the committee to note a $6.7 million request in the committee report; the chair moved to blank out the appropriation and set a defective date while advancing the measure with committee report language.
SB877, a bill to increase Medicaid and home services funding contingent on obtaining federal matching funds, was the subject of testimony from the Department of Human Services and multiple stakeholders. Meredith Nichols of DHS stood on written testimony and the chair told the committee to note DHS's request of $6,700,000 in the committee report. Angela Melody Young, testifying for CARES, said the bill would help families amid federal SNAP reductions and argued the state should support home services to improve financial stability for low-income households.
Austin Martin of the Libertarian Party opposed expanding Medicaid on fiscal and long-term entitlement grounds. After discussion the committee adopted a senate draft to pass SB877 with a blanked appropriation and an updated effective date, and the decision-making record notes DHS's $6.7 million figure for the committee report.
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