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HSB777Introduced in the House

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; transfers, cash flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; community health centers reimbursement; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with substance abuse disorders or mental illness; behavioral health expenditure report; and opioid settlement fund; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 2782.)

Introduced

Introduced by Appropriations

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Official description

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; transfers, cash flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; community health centers reimbursement; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with substance abuse disorders or mental illness; behavioral health expenditure report; and opioid settlement fund; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 2782.)

Where it stands

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2782.

April 21, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Committee On Appropriations Report · April 20, 2026

15

Yes

7

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

25 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. By COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

  2. Introduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 887.

  3. Subcommittee: Meyer, A., Baeth, Barker, Gearhart, Judge, Moore, T., Rinker, Turek and Watkins. H.J. 888.

  4. NOBA: House Sub

  5. Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 952.

  6. Committee vote: Yeas, 15. Nays, 7. Excused, 3. H.J. 952.

  7. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2782.

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