The Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Human Resources voted to revise the proposal for the Altru Hospital project, changing the state funding posture and directing staff to carry the change to conference committee.

Senator Davison proposed reducing the previously discussed carryover/line‑of‑credit authorization to $5,000,000 and moving the amendment to conference committee for further consideration. Davison said the $5,000,000 “could be going towards those inflationary costs that they referenced in there,” and described the change as a starting point for alignment with the project’s needs.

Members discussed earlier language that had included $1,000,000 from SIF plus $11,960,000 of line‑of‑credit authority; committee members said the project appears to be proceeding but that some additional state help for inflationary costs had been requested. The subcommittee agreed to reduce the $12,960,000 figure to $5,000,000 in the bill and to remove a required matching‑funds clause from the language.

The committee also confirmed keeping a requirement that the recipient operate the facility for a minimum of 10 years; committee members described this as standard language carried in prior facility grants.

Senators said the change will go to conference committee, where the number could be revised up or down. The transcript contains no roll‑call vote; members indicated assent and staff were directed to update bill text.

The subcommittee chair asked staff to prepare updated long sheets reflecting the change, and members said they would review the revised language before the next committee meeting.