Special Report: Health and Human services Commission 87th Legislature Appropriations | House and Senate Side-by-Side

The House and Senate have introduced each chamber’s version of the appropriations bill. While the differences between the two bills are not as great as in years past, there are some differences highlighted in the comparison document below. Following the appropriation comparison table is the summary Exceptional Item table for the Commission. There are 22 exceptional items in all. Following the table is a description of each Exceptional Item. Health and Human Services Exceptional Item Request Summary Exceptional Item Descriptions Maintain Client Services Growth. This EI requests to maintain Medicaid and CHIP cost growth provides for the incremental cost increase in FY2022-23 over FY2021 levels for all acute and LTSS. The maintain TANF funding EI includes caseload and cost growth need beyond FY2020-21 appropriated amounts. The Medicaid entitlement and CHIP baseline requests include projected caseload growth at FY2021 average cost, Medicaid non-entitlement caseload gro