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Fiscal Approves $7 Million in Federal Funds for Crotched Mountain School
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The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee approved spending $7 million in federal economic money for upgrades and renovations to the Crotched Mountain School campus.
Business & Economy
Senate Finance Approves 7-Year Reauthorization for Medicaid Expansion
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The Senate Finance Committee agreed to a seven-year reauthorization of the state’s Medicaid expansion program covering about 60,000 Granite Staters.
Business & Economy
Fiscal Committee Votes to Accept $51.5M in Federal Medicaid Money
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The state will have $51.5 million in additional federal funds to support Medicaid recipients who qualified under relaxed guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ben Chan
Committee Approves Federal Pandemic Money To Prepare for COVID-19 Surge This Winter
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Budget writers Friday approved using $8.9 million in federal pandemic recovery money to prepare for a possible COVID-19 surge this winter.
Benjamin Chan
Funding for New Behavioral Hospital Approved, Plus other ARPA Projects
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The state moved closer to the construction of a new behavioral health hospital in south-central New Hampshire when the legislative Fiscal Committee voted unanimously Friday to use $15 million in federal funds in a deal with SolutionHealth, a partnership of the Elliot and Southern New Hampshire hospitals.
Cindy Rosenwald
Committee OKs Revised Guidelines for YDC Settlement Awards; Victims’ Lawyer Says It’s ‘Not Fair’
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However, the three Democrats on the 10-member committee voted to reject the revised plan saying the proposal is still difficult for victims to navigate, does not properly acknowledge the trauma the abuse inflicted, and will compensate most victims well below the statutory cap of $1.5 million.
American Rescue Plan Act
Budget Writers Question Doorway Program Success and Hampstead Hospital Staffing
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State budget writers questioned the success of the Doorway program for substance abuse treatment, and the staffing plan for the Hampstead Hospital after the state purchases the facility but both requests had bipartisan support for approval.
Cindy Rosenwald
Outside Legal Costs To Defend SB 3 Top $4 Million
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State taxpayers paid about $4.2 million for legal costs associated with what is known as Senate Bill 3, a bill the courts declared unconstitutional.
Business & Economy
Dems Press To Protect Kids at State House; Blast GOP for Nixing $27M For Vaccinations
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One Democratic lawmaker pressed Friday to better protect children touring the mask-optional State House and others scolded Republicans who don’t wear face masks and voted against $27 million in federal contracts that would have boosted vaccination efforts, which they say will delay getting shots to children.