Healthcare (Rural Communities)

This bill requires the Department of Social Services to submit applications for two specific federal grant programs to a legislative committee before they are sent to the federal government. The programs are the Rural Health Transformation Program, which provides funding to improve rural health, and technical assistance funding for implementing eligibility changes in public assistance programs. The committee has 30 days to review, approve, deny, or modify each application, and if the committee takes no action within that period, the application is automatically approved. If the committee denies an application, the department cannot submit it federally, and if it modifies the application, the department must make those changes before submission.