House Committee on Appropriations: Article II Subcommittee – Health and Human Services Commission

This report addresses presentations from the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) and the Health and Human Services Commission. Public Testimony will be reported in a separate report. Legislative Budget Board Presentation [here], Health and Human Services Commission, Julie Lindsey . Selected Policy Issues 1) 2022-23 Recommendations. The overall approach to recommendations primarily includes: LBB staff projections for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance. HHSC projections, without cost growth, for Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) with some adjustments to method-of-financing. Include five percent reduction items identified by the agency. Remove one-time funding including for one-time capital budget projects, capital budget projects projected to cost less in the 2022-23 biennium, and one-time full-time-equivalent (FTE) start-up costs.