Committee adopts amendment to health-care affordability bill, sends it forward 6–3

Feb 17, 2026

The Senate Finance Committee adopted an amendment to House Bill 4 that adjusts the ramp-up of a premium surtax distribution to the Health Care Affordability Fund — moving FY29 allocation to 95% and directing 5% to a behavioral health program fund with a reversion clause — and advanced the bill on a 6–3 vote.

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Senators debated and adopted an amendment to House Bill 4 that changes how the health-insurance premium surtax is distributed to the Health Care Affordability Fund in future years.

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