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JBC staff Emily Pope maintained the department was directing RAEs to implement outpatient psychotherapy PARs prohibited by statute, citing OLS findings that limiting appropriations 'does not give them the authority to start doing something they are prohibited from doing,' and that directing a non-state agency to violate state law is 'even more problematic.' Representative Brown stated this was 'incredibly appropriate and also incredibly troubling.' The committee denied the request unanimously.
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“I struggle with this vote because of what we have seen and been reassured of for years from the administration on this question. And I have gone back to my colleagues every time I vote yes on capacity questions. And I tell them that the department, the administration and their team has assured me that they are working diligently with other members of my caucus on ways to let folks out who are not a danger to society. And every year we come back and we have this same conversation again with no significant increase in the number of folks that are returning to society despite the efforts of members of my caucus.”
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Sign in to subscribeThe joint budget committee will come to order. We have hicpuff supplementals to try and finish today. But before we get to that, we're going to consider the comeback requests that we have left undone, starting with the judicial department. Any indication from committee members about what you would like to do on this comeback? It Vice Chair Bridges. Thank you, Madam Chair. It. I think we can do it. And for the furniture, maybe they can borrow some from the legislature. Too soon? Too soon. Not for me, thanks to the handful of chuckles in the audience. Is that what the staff recommendation? The speaker's not listening right now. It's okay. Yeah. I think the it portion of this, but not the, like chairs and whatnot. Ms. Bickle, is that clear? Absolutely. I had just given you something with, like, if you want to do the thing as I'd recommended it, you know, I will say you could do it with. Run a bill. You could do a footnote. You could also. You could also reduce their HLD line item. You know, I guess I've been thinking of this as a supplemental, but it's. And thinking about 26, 27…
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