Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/26/26

Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee · February 27, 2026

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Call to order and meeting overview

10:22 → 11:43(1m 21s)

Chair called the Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee to order, noted the date (02/26/2026), lack of an initial quorum for the early presentations, and previewed the agenda: Office of Legislative Auditor presentation, DHS presentation(s), program-integrity update, then four bills to consider later.

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Legislative auditor presented a performance audit finding widespread grant administration failures in the Behavioral Health Administration; DHS responded with investigations and corrective actions; committee heard program-integrity updates and advanced several bills including a suicide-prevention grant, a hospital bed exception, and statutory fixes for public-health medical consultants and dentistry rules.

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