Subcommittee reviews Human Resources appropriations long sheets: provider inflation, basic‑care rate and grants adjusted
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Summary
Committee staff walked members through updates to the Human Resources Division long sheets, including provider inflation adjustments, moving a $5‑per‑day basic care payment into one‑time funding, a $50,000 family‑voices grant, a $4.7 million block grant funding transfer to other funds, and CARES Act federal fund reductions.
Committee staff reviewed updated long sheets for the Human Resources Division appropriation, noting several technical and policy adjustments to line items.
Staff said they removed FTE listings from the Senate version and moved a $4,700,000 block‑grant line from general fund to other funds. They described provider inflation adjustments that reduced general‑fund obligations in the schedule: one adjustment reduced general fund by roughly $214,580 for a change in an inflation factor, and another provider adjustment produced corresponding federal‑fund reductions.
On basic care and rates, staff confirmed the $5‑per‑day basic‑care daily rate was removed from ongoing funds and placed into one‑time funding for the biennium. The bill language screens the item as having an end date of June 30, 2027; staff noted an ongoing rate study in a separate Senate bill that could affect rebasing and future rates. A committee member asked whether the $5 per day will need renewal next session; staff said the funding appears as a one‑time item and that the study could inform future action.
In public health and grants, staff said the family‑voices grant was set at $50,000 in bill language, and they removed CARES Act federal coronavirus funds totaling about $60,716,583 from the grant schedule.
Staff urged members to review updated long sheets over the weekend and indicated the committee should expect a revised bill early next week if the documents match the committee’s intent.
No formal votes were recorded in the transcript; the subcommittee directed staff to reprint and distribute updated materials and to return when the final version is ready for the full committee.