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Senate OKs health, human services bill.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-JUL-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Senate OKs health, human services bill.(Legislature)(The $2.53 billion measure, which now goes to the House, largely staves off cuts to programs for the poor and elderly)

Article Excerpt
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard

SALEM - After years of making major cuts in Oregon's safety net for the poor and vulnerable, the state Senate on Friday signed off on a human services budget that largely avoids making yet more reductions.

The Senate voted 23-7 to send over to the House a $2.53 billion general-fund appropriation for health and human services. The House is scheduled to give the bill its final legislative vote today to send it to the governor for his signature.

Combined with federal and other funds, the budget will provide $9.8...

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