Introduced
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To provide a template or "place holder" for a potential Department of Health and Human Services appropriation for the 2021-2022 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2021.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
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To increase spending on certain mental health diversion programs.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To revise amounts and details related to spending on government family planning programs and grants.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To create an "office of race, equity, diversity, and inclusion" in the Department of Health and Human Services.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To give a $2 raise to front line social welfare direct care workers.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To spend more on low-income home energy assistance subsidies with at least 15% allocated to pay for home weatherization.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To add a $100 "placeholder" appropriation for a particular program.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To proscribe the department requiring prior authorization, step therapy, or other restrictions for medications to treat opioid withdrawal symptom management.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 59 to 48 (details)
The House version of the Department of Health and Human Services budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2021. This covers welfare and Medicaid spending and is by far the state's largest annual appropriation. On an annualized basis, the bill would authorize $28.700 billion in gross spending, of which $21.191 billion is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Passed in the Senate 20 to 16 (details)
To send the bill back to the House "stripped" of all actual appropriations except $100 “placeholders.” This is part of a process for reconciling the House and Senate-passed department budgets for the next fiscal year.
Failed in the House 0 to 109 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill. The failed vote is a procedural device used for launching negotiations over the differences between the House and Senate budgets, and eventually for negotiating a final budget between a Republican-controlled legislature and a Democratic governor.
