JFC to take up CORE Jobs Act, ARRA requests
The Joint Finance Committee will exec tomorrow on the CORE Jobs package proposed by Senate Democrats and vote on a handful of supplemental funding requests through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Among the 13.10 requests is one from the Department of Health Services to use nearly $5 million over the next two fiscal years to plan and implement a statewide health information exchange. In addition, DHS is requesting nearly $1.4 million to plan and develop a state Medicaid health information technology plan.
The DHS requests for ARRA money also include $2.4 million this fiscal year and $21.4 million in 2010-11 for obesity prevention and tobacco use prevention.
In addition, the Department of Workforce Development is requesting the use of $9 million in federal money for employment assistance and unemployment insurance administration.
The meeting begins at 10 a.m.
See the exec session agenda here.
See the 13.10 meeting agenda here.
See the LFB papers on the 13.10 requests here.
-- By Greg Bump




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