SOCIAL SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
Thursday, January 22, 2026 | 8:00 AM | 30 House Building

1.       8:00         Call to Order 

2.      8:00            Approval of Minutes

3.     8:00            Chair Introduction and Meeting Mechanics Overview

4.     8:10             General Session Orientation and Initial Budget Actions

a.      Subcommittee Materials

b.      Budget Reduction Options Overview & Consensus Budget Reduction Options Voting

c.      Overview of Funding Requests (Building Blocks) (peach)

d.      Overview of Motions for Consideration (blue) - Subcommittee

e.      Overview of the Base Budget as Compared to Prior Years

f.        Base Budget Introduction and Tools for Looking at Base Budget

g.      Report on Previous Legislative Intent Language

h.      Other State Funds - Health and Human Services FY 2025

i.         Actions Taken by the Executive Appropriations Committee

5.     8:35            Opioid Settlement Trust Fund Spending Update

6.     8:45            Opioid Funding - Follow up Reports on Prior Appropriations

7.      8:50            Opioid Funding Requests for Appropriation - Health and Human Services - Agency Only

8.     9:10             How to Provide Some Certainty to Medicaid Providers for Future Reimbursement Rates?

9.     9:30            Department of Health and Human Services' Base Budget Overview/Agency Overview

a.      Revenue and Expenditure Trends

b.      Budget Reduction Options (green) 

10. 9:50            Department of Health and Human Services' Public Health, Prevention and Epidemiology Base Budget

a.      Immunization (State) Program Spending Trends

b.      State Epidemiologist External Connections

c.      Budget Reduction Options

d.      Caseload Trends That May be of Interest

e.      Federal Funds and Intergovernmental Transfers - Health and Health and Human Services - Issue Brief

f.        Motions for Subcommittee Consideration (blue sheet) - Public Health, Prevention and Epidemiology, All CO Motions

g.      Health Disparities in Utah

11.   10:25          Accountable Budget - Plans for Next Year

12.  10:30          Other Business

13.  10:50         Written Reports/Adjourn